PDF-(BOOS)-Medicalizing Ethnicity: The Construction of Latino Identity in a Psychiatric Setting

In Medicalizing Ethnicity Vilma SantiagoIrizarry shows how commendable intentions can produce unintended consequences SantiagoIrizarry conducted ethnographic fieldwork in three bilingual bicultural psychiatric programs for Latino patients at public mental health facilities in New York City The introduction of cultural sensitivity in mental health clinics she concludes led doctors to construct essentialized composite versions of Latino ethnicity in their drive to treat mental illness with sensitivity The author demonstrates that stressing Latino differences when dealing with patients resulted not in empowerment as intended but in the reassertion of AngloAmerican standards of behavior in the guise of psychiatric categories by which Latino culture was negatively defined For instance doctors routinely translated their patients beliefs in the Latino religious traditions of espiritismo and Santera into psychiatric terms thus treating these beliefs as pathologiesInterpreting mental health care through the framework of culture and politics has potent effects on the understanding of normality toward which such care aspires At the core of Medicalizing Ethnicity is the very definition of multiculturalism used by a variety of institutional settings in an attempt to mandate equality. Psychiatric News classified print ads have helped fill tens of thousands of psychiatric positions for the past 39 years Online classifieds at psychnewsorg have only strengthened our lead in the recruitment advertising field With Psychiatric News you Identity. 3. rd. Year Advanced Topic. Race, Ethnicity and Identity. Course Summary. This course focuses on theories of race, ethnicity and identity. It applies diverse theoretical approaches to race, ethnicity and identity to historical and contemporary ethnographic contexts. As well as examining the way in which racial and ethnic identities have been constructed across time and space, the course interrogates these constructions with specific reference to: the development of anthropology; slavery and colonialism; scientific racism; postcolonial political regimes; postcolonial feminism; conflict and genocide; identity-based mass violence; . 232 Najd. The Issue of . Identity: Race. “A . key question about race is whether it is more of a biological category . or a social . . category.” . http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/sociology-brief-edition-v1.0/s10-race-and-ethnicity.html. from: http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_1.htm. Overview . What . race are you? . How . do you define your race? . What . does it mean to be Black or White or Asian or Hispanic?. Ethnicity. : . 1. Special thanks to the following individuals who contributed to the development of this training session:. Dr. Leigh . Leslee. Robert O’Connor. Dr. Ruth McRoy. Dr. Devon Brooks. Dr. Amanda Baden . Learning Objectives for Ethnicity and Race Unit . 1. Distinguish between race and ethnicity and the concept of what is means to be a member of an ethnic group.. 2. Analyze historical and contemporary attempts to classify humans into distinct ‘racial’ categories . Businesses. Spanish Language Media . (Hispanic) Chambers of Commerce. Business Associations. 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