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What is Psychiatric Colonization

Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine
The establishment of Western psychiatric ideology and practices in mental illness treatments within non-Western cultures where spiritual, religious beliefs, and cultural practices can be overruled if the need for psychiatric treatment is deemed necessary.
Published in Chapter:
Toward a Critically Conscious and Culturally Competent Telepractice in Psychology
Brittany A. Canfield (Fielding Graduate University, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9978-6.ch084
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