Download or read book The Protest Psychosis written by Jonathan Metzl and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The Protest Psychosisunearths how associations between schizophrenia and blackness emerged during the U.S. civil rights era, and provides a cautionary tale of how anxieties about race continue to impact doctor-patient interactions. From the Trade Paperback edition.