White Personality and Black Mental Health.

Cardwell, John J., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ217153

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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White Personality and Black Mental Health.

Cardwell, John J., Jr.

Urban League Review, v4 n1 p47-50 Sum 1979

Blacks are fighting a losing battle for control of mental health facilities in their neighborhoods. The danger is that White mental health professionals will interpret environmentally caused distress as psychological disorder and prescribe treatments which destroy the Black personality. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Health Personnel, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Personality Theories, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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