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Title: Globalization of psychiatry - A barrier to mental health development.
Authors: Fernando, Suman (AUTHOR)
Source: International Review of Psychiatry. Oct2014, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p551-557. 7p.
Subjects: Poverty areas, Culture, Health services accessibility, International relations, Mental health services, Psychiatry
Abstract: The concept of globalization has been applied recently to ways in which mental health may be developed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), sometimes referred to as the 'Third World' or developing countries. This paper (1) describes the roots of psychiatry in western culture and its current domination by pharmacological therapies; (2) considers the history of mental health in LMICs, focusing on many being essentially non-western in cultural background with a tradition of using a plurality of systems of care and help for mental health problems, including religious and indigenous systems of medicine; and (3) concludes that in a post-colonial world, mental health development in LMICs should not be left to market forces, which are inevitably manipulated by the interests of multinational corporations mostly located in ex-colonizing countries, especially the pharmaceutical companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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