Routledge International Handbook of Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Mental Health

This handbook presents an exploration of the intricate interplay of race, ethnicity, and culture in mental health - historical origins, subsequent transformations, and the discourses generated from past and present mental health and wellness practices. It examines critically the variety of ways in which socio-cultural identities of race, ethnicity and cultures are intersected in clinical work and inspects current mental health theories as a product of western culture, with a particular historical and cultural perspective. The contributors also discuss ways in which global mental health practices transcend racial, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and political boundaries.