News - Suman Fernando(Mental Health Race And Culture

"Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia"

Report launched on 27 November 2014 by BPS 'Division of Clinical Psychologists' was severely criticised for institutional practices during it preparation (Click to see). And Click to see apology. And article by Kalathil and Faulkner 2015 (click to see)
{A revised report t was issued June 2017}

DCP Annual Conference 2021

Powerpoint presentation by Alan Kessedjian et al.

Schizophrenia’ among African Caribbean people

December 2009: An article in Society Guardian (click to see) reported that ‘social engineering’ was being contemplated to change family life of black families in order to prevent 'schizophrenia’. A letter signed by several academics and public figures was published on the Guardian website (click to link) with an article (click to link). SEE ARTICLE 'Ethnic research' (click here to see).

Refusal of OBE
In 2007, I refused to accept nomination for an OBE as a protest at changes in mental health legislation that disadvantaged black people - See letters I wrote to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown See Guardian ./ Community Care

Academic Award from University of Toronto

Achievement Award for Culture, Race and Mental Health

University of Toronto and OISE (Ontario Institute for the Study of Education), Toronto on 7 June 2011 (click to see ppt .

'Global Mental Health' Movement

This movement seems a form of imperialism and finding markets for Big pharma. CLICK HERE TO SEE ARTICLE

.Cmments to: mhrac@btinternet.com.
Look at the news items about "Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia'' & 'Schizophrenia' among
in black people. NOW THEY SAY IT'S NOT IN THEIR GENES BUT IN THEIR CULTURE!!

DCP is called on to become antiracist

.Should black people be accepting Colonial Honours sich as OBE? I thnk not onthe whole, but there my be exceptional circumstances.

University of Toronto appreciates asntiracist work --- unlke most offocia bodies int eht UK!

(Neo-)colonialsm takes many forms.

Please write to me with comments and criticisms

mhrac@btinternet.com

NEW BOOKS !

2010: Third edition of classic text- MENTAL HEALTH, RACE AND CULTURE completely re-written

2014: Brand new: MENTAL HEATH WORLDWIDE. CULTURE, GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

2017: Institutional racism in psychiatry and clinical psychology

Several books published in Sri Lanka available from me - proceeds to NGO in Sri Lanka - or from the NGO that published them - Click for list