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Skin: Mental Health

Synopsis
Report on the findings of recent studies about the treatment that West Indians and Asians are receiving from British psychiatric services. Suggests that cultural differences, language problems and the outmoded attitudes of some of the psychiatrists are resulting in wrong diagnosis and second-class treatment of the patients.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production
1981
Availability
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Subjects
Psychiatry
Keywords
Asian communities; health services; race relations; West Indians

Credits

Director
Trevor Hampton
Producer
Barry Fox; Robin Paxton

Production Company

Name

London Weekend Television

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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