Under the Strain of Color

Harlem's Lafargue Clinic and the Promise of an Antiracist Psychiatry

Author: Gabriel N. Mendes
ISBN: 9780801453502

Gabriel N. Mendes recaptures the history of a New York City institution that embodied new ways of thinking about mental health, race and citizenship. Harlem's Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic was founded in 1946 as a practical response to the need for low-cost psychotherapy and counselling for black residents. It became a model for effort to address racial disparities in the provision of mental health care in the United States.

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publish Date: 2015-08

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This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Black/African American (BLCK))