DST 500 Chapter Notes -Institutional Racism, Schizophrenia, Medical Model
24 Apr 2013
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Dst500 week 5 feb 11, 2013. Race and culture issues in mental health and some thoughts on ethnic identity. Counselling psychology quarterly, 25:2, 113-123: #1 fernando identifies the difference between individual acts of racism, and institutional racisms. Find the definition of institutional racism in the article and think through the different ways in which individual and institutional racisms work. The collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their color, culture, or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behavior which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness, and racist stereotyping which disadvantages minority ethnic people. We must take on board a critical view of the basic model of illness" itself, especially the nature of diagnosis. The medical framework takes on a narrow view of what illness" means.
