Decolonizing Mental Health -
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The mental health field operates around a centre defined by a whiteness of theory and practice. It's a colonization that has rarely been questioned. By focusing on the work of therapists and individuals of color, DECOLONIZING MENTAL HEALTH calls for a redressal of the ways in which we define psychiatric illness while discussing what a more responsive mental health care system should look like.

Duration: 29 minutes and 15 seconds

Episode Number: 603

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