| About the Author | xi |
| Acknowledgements | xiii |
| Abstract | xv |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Racial Trauma: Implications for Mental Illness | 4 |
| Charades and Masquerades: Subsuming Race Within Culture in Psychiatry | 8 |
| Broad Aims and Objectives of the Book | 9 |
| Organisation of the Book | 10 |
| Chapter 1. The Age of Enlightenment: The Roots of Racism in Psychiatry | 13 |
| Interrogating Psychiatric Imperialism | 14 |
| The Black Body in the Psychiatric Imagination | 16 |
| Anti-colonial Theory: A Challenge to Psychiatry’s Colonial Legacy | 19 |
| Chapter 2. How Representations of Race Inform Pathways to Care and Psychiatric Diagnoses | 23 |
| Pathways to Care | 24 |
| The Racialisation of Psychiatric Diagnoses: When the Politics of Race and the Politics of Diagnosis Collide | 25 |
| Chapter 3. Black Lives Matter: The Public Health Crisis of Anti-Black Racism | 31 |
| The Psychology of Oppression | 31 |
| Black Pain, Black Rage: The Mental Health Impacts of Anti-Black Racism | 32 |
| Employment | 33 |
| Income | 34 |
| Education | 34 |
| Immigrant and Refugee Status | 35 |
| Environmental Racism | 36 |
| Criminal Justice and Policing | 37 |
| The Black Lives Matter Movement: The Traumatising Aftereffects of Anti-Black Police Violence | 37 |
| Experiences of Mental Illness in Black Communities | 41 |
| Black Women | 43 |
| Black Men | 50 |
| Chapter 4. Perceptions and Beliefs About Mental Illness in Black Communities and How They Influence Help-seeking and Coping | 53 |
| Perceptions and Beliefs About Mental Illness in Black Communities | 53 |
| Experiences Seeking Help for and Coping with Mental Illness in Black Communities | 63 |
| Chapter 5. Structural Competency: Moving Beyond Cultural Competency in the Mental Health System | 79 |
| Contested Knowledge: Interrogating ‘Common-Sense’ Knowledge in Psychiatry | 80 |
| Structural Competency: Addressing the Politics of Difference in the Clinical Environment | 81 |
| Conclusion: A Multilevel Approach to Addressing Racial Trauma in Black Communities | 87 |
| Health Education and Training | 88 |
| Research | 89 |
| Clinical Practice | 89 |
| Mental Health Services | 92 |
| Health Workforce | 95 |
| Community Outreach and Education | 97 |
| Community-based Approaches | 98 |
| Mental Health Policy | 98 |
| The Mental Health System | 98 |
| References | 101 |
| Index | 113 |
| About the Author | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Abstract | |
| Racial Trauma: Implications for Mental Illness | |
| Charades and Masquerades: Subsuming Race Within Culture in Psychiatry | |
| Broad Aims and Objectives of the Book | |
| Organisation of the Book | |
| Interrogating Psychiatric Imperialism | |
| The Black Body in the Psychiatric Imagination | |
| Anti-colonial Theory: A Challenge to Psychiatry’s Colonial Legacy | |
| Pathways to Care | |
| The Racialisation of Psychiatric Diagnoses: When the Politics of Race and the Politics of Diagnosis Collide | |
| The Psychology of Oppression | |
| Black Pain, Black Rage: The Mental Health Impacts of Anti-Black Racism | |
| Employment | |
| Income | |
| Education | |
| Immigrant and Refugee Status | |
| Environmental Racism | |
| Criminal Justice and Policing | |
| The Black Lives Matter Movement: The Traumatising Aftereffects of Anti-Black Police Violence | |
| Experiences of Mental Illness in Black Communities | |
| Black Women | |
| Black Men | |
| Perceptions and Beliefs About Mental Illness in Black Communities | |
| Experiences Seeking Help for and Coping with Mental Illness in Black Communities | |
| Contested Knowledge: Interrogating ‘Common-Sense’ Knowledge in Psychiatry | |
| Structural Competency: Addressing the Politics of Difference in the Clinical Environment | |
| Health Education and Training | |
| Research | |
| Clinical Practice | |
| Mental Health Services | |
| Health Workforce | |
| Community Outreach and Education | |
| Community-based Approaches | |
| Mental Health Policy | |
| The Mental Health System | |
| References | |
| Index |
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