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Madness Radio 2007-07-11: Globalization of Psychiatry Philip Thomas Post-Psychiatry

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UK psychiatrist Philip Thomas discusses the globalization of psychiatry and pharmaceutical company expansion world-wide, including how community empowerment and traditional ways of care can challenge western individualism based medical model of mental health. Check out Phil's book Post-Psychiatry: Mental Health in a Postmodern World, and his essay Challenging the Globalization of Psychiatry, both writtern with Irish psychiatrist Pat Bracken.