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"Part of these institutionalized biases, we think, results from the
institutionalized racism that lies at the heart of the conceptual
systems we use in psychiatry". There is a crisis of credibility
within child and adolescent psychiatry. Child and adolescent mental
health theory and practice have come to be dominated by a narrow
biomedical frame. Rising numbers of children are being diagnosed
with psychiatric illnesses and given psychotropic medication to
'treat' these 'illnesses'. This text brings together knowledgeable
specialists across the spectrum of child and adolescent psychiatry,
which are deeply critical about current mainstream theory and
practice. These 'critical voices' drawing upon research and writing
from related disciplines, radically question many of psychiatry's
most cherished assumptions and offer new ways of thinking about
theory and practice. This courageous book aims to bring marginal
voices into the mainstream. Exploring the influence of drug
companies, the impact of trauma, the crisis in academic medicine,
systemic perspectives, adolescent in-patient units, ADHD, childhood
depression and the role of diet and nutrition, the contributors
offer hope to those looking for alternatives to diagnosis and
medication for children and families with emotional and behavioral
problems.
Experts from a variety of disciplines contribute to this
substantially revised edition of this popular handbook - new
chapters are included on identity work, refugee children, and the
work of the Asian Project. The book also examines the central
importance for professionals of the Lawrence Enquiry; the move to
include more public services in the Race Relations Act; increased
awareness of institutional racism; and the specific inclusion of
ethnic minority children in health improvement programmes. Offering
practical guidance based on sound research and practice, the book
provides a focus on some of the most difficult and topical aspects
of this field of work.
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