The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by Jonathan Metzl

The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

Jonathan Metzl

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

246 pages

Edition information

Description

A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very different civil rights history evolved at the Ionia ...
Browse similar books...

Plus

Book information

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...

Community Reviews

Summary of 46 reviews

Moods

informative 80%
reflective 80%
challenging 40%
emotional 40%
sad 40%
dark 20%
lighthearted 20%

Pace

slow 40%
fast 40%
medium 20%

Average rating

4.08

See all reviews...