Decolonizing Mental Health

Culled from public television stations and independent producers from across the country, LOCAL, USA is a half-hour series featuring fascinating stories of diverse people, curated around a single theme.

Local, USA: Season 6 Episode 3 | 28m 5s | CC

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.

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Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for Decolonizing Mental Health is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Johnson & Johnson, the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, Draper, and the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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