Under the Strain of Color : Harlem's Lafargue Clinic and the Promise of an Antiracist Psychiatry /

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"In Under the Strain of Color, Gabriel N. Mendes recaptures the history of a largely forgotten New York City institution that embodied new ways of thinking about mental health, race, and the substance of citizenship. Harlem's Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic was founded in 1946 as both a pra...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mendes, Gabriel N., 1972- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960.
Wertham, Fredric, > 1895-1981.
Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)
Social psychiatry.
Community psychiatry.
African Americans > Mental health services.
African Americans > Mental health.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Psychiatrie communautaire > New York (État) > New York.
Psychiatrie sociale > New York (État) > New York.
Noirs americains > Sante mentale > New York (État) > New York.
Noirs americains > Services de sante mentale > New York (État) > New York.
History, 20th Century
African Americans > psychiatry
African Americans > history
Mental Health Services > history
Community psychiatry > New York (State) > New York.
Social psychiatry > New York (State) > New York.
African Americans > Mental health > New York (State) > New York.
African Americans > Mental health services > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
New York (State) > New York.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"In Under the Strain of Color, Gabriel N. Mendes recaptures the history of a largely forgotten New York City institution that embodied new ways of thinking about mental health, race, and the substance of citizenship. Harlem's Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic was founded in 1946 as both a practical response to the need for low-cost psychotherapy and counseling for black residents (many of whom were recent migrants to the city) and a model for nationwide efforts to address racial disparities in the provision of mental health care in the United States"--Publisher
Description matérielle:1 online resource (208 pages): map
ISBN:9781501701399

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