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2. Dissociation in Black or Black-British people of African and African-Caribbean descent in the United Kingdom
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- De Maynard,V. A. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- ME Sharpe
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Mental Health
- Journal Title Details:
- 38(2) : 37-73
- Notes:
- Visibly black people of African and African-Caribbean descent (black people) are 2-5 times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychoses than their counterparts from other ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom. However, the symptomology of psychotic illnesses and dissociative experiences are difficult to differentiate. Interestingly, black people detained under the Mental Health Act are more likely to give perceived racism as the cause of their emotional distress than their counterparts from other ethnic groups, but there is very little indication in the literature as to how perceived racism might exert its effect on black people's mental health.
3. The impact of 'racism' on the Dissociative Experiences Scale
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- De Maynard,V. A. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(2) : 77-95
- Notes:
- Despite the difficulty differentiating between the symptomology of dissociative disorders and schizophrenia, Black people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK continue to be diagnosed with schizophrenia and over-represented within the mental health care system. The reasons why remain illusive; however, some researchers have begun asking whether racism plays an integral part. Given that Black people often given racism as a contributing factor to their mental state, and the difficulty differentiating between the symptomology of dissociative disorders and schizophrenia, this study examined the relation between mental representations that might be indicative of the subjective experience of racism and dissociative experiences as evidence of a trauma-related response.