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The Politics of Madness
by Néré St-Amand
translated by Ellen Garmaise and Robert Chodos
Who is mad? Is it an arbitrary decision, a political one? Does psychiatry serve the interests of all segments of society? In his study of mental health institutions in New Brunswick, NERE ST-ARMAND raises many disturbing questions, exploring the relationship between psychiatry, culture and ethnic background.
Who is mad? Is it an arbitrary decision, a political one? Does psychiatry serve the interests of all segments of society? In his study of mental health institutions in New Brunswick, NERE ST-ARMAND raises many disturbing questions, exploring the relationship between psychiatry, culture and ethnic background.
He finds the mainly Anglophone health care system has never given equal treatment to Francophone New Brunswickers. Minorities are marginalized by the norms set, defined and implemented by the dominant majority group. In an industrialized society deviants are "got rid of" in institutions.
The Politics of Madness sheds light into the way we define and treat madness.
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Robert Chodos
