From The Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter : tracing the impacts of racial trauma in black communities from the colonial era to the present

Since the Age of Enlightenment, Black bodies have been sites of trauma. Drawing on anti-colonial theory, From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter interrogates how this has shaped understandings of Black life, Black trauma and Black responses to trauma within psychiatry and other mental health pr...

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Main Author Waldron, Ingrid R. G. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2024]
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781803824437
DOI10.1108/9781803824413
Physical Description1 online resource (136 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The age of enlightenment: The roots of racism in psychiatry
  • Chapter 2. How representations of race inform pathways to care and psychiatric diagnoses
  • Chapter 3. Black lives matter: The public health crisis of anti-black racism
  • Chapter 4. Perceptions and beliefs about mental illness in black communities and how they influence help-seeking and coping
  • Chapter 5. Structural competency: Moving beyond cultural competency in the mental health system Conclusion: A multilevel approach to addressing racial trauma in black communities.