The essays in this volume discuss racism and sexism as they affect mental health. In particular, they focus on training, diagnosis, treatment, and research, emphasizing the power relationships between individuals and groups that cause unequal access to mental health care. They offer perspectives on issues and their distinct effects on mental health: interracial adoptions, teenage motherhood, gender bias in mental health diagnosis and therapy, prisons used as substitutes for hospitals, homeless families, and increasing violence- in the home, on college campuses, and in the streets.
- ISBN10 0822955490
- ISBN13 9780822955498
- Publish Date 14 September 1995 (first published 1 January 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 December 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 464
- Language English