This book explores the view that the two main psychiatric diagnostic ‘bibles’[1] in use across Europe and North America rest largely on the social norms of white, western culture, and as such are forms of pseudo-science.
It examines how and why this situation has come about, and makes specific practical, often surprising, suggestions for changing the status quo.
Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism, by Dr. Suman Fernando (psychiatrist), published 2003.
[1] The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
Other posts about collaborative practice:
Real-world effectiveness of antipsychotic treatment in psychosis prevention in a 3-year cohort of 517 individuals at clinical high risk from the SHARP (ShangHai At Risk for Psychosis)
Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
Rethinking the Use of Psychiatric Drugs