The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease: Metzl, Jonathan, Metzl, Jonathan

The Protest Psychosis is a groundbreaking book that sheds light on the dark history of how race has impacted mental illness diagnoses, particularly in the civil rights era.

Through expert analysis of cultural documents, Jonathan Metzl reveals how schizophrenia became the diagnostic term overwhelmingly applied to African American protesters at Ionia State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Michigan.

This book provides a cautionary tale of how anxieties about race continue to impact doctor-patient interactions in our seemingly postracial America.

With two different covers to choose from, customers will receive a unique and thought-provoking read that challenges readers to peel back the layered complexities of race and medicine.

Don't miss out on this exceptional and unexpected book that has been praised by leading scholars in the field.