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Cultural Anxieties is a compelling ethnography about Centre Minkowska, a transcultural psychiatry clinic in Paris, France. From her unique position as both observer and staff member, Stéphanie Larchanché explores the challenges of providing non-stigmatizing mental healthcare to migrants, and she identifies practical routes for improving caregiving practices.
List of contents
Foreword by Lenore Manderson
List of Abbreviations / Glossary
Introduction: Cultural Anxieties
A Day at Centre Minkowska
Part I The Context
1 A Genealogy of "Migrant Suffering"
2 Transcultural Practice at Centre Minkowska
Part II Referral Narratives and Ethical Double-Binds
3 Cultural and Linguistic Difference as Obstacles to Care
4 Managing "Migrant Youth"
Part III Ethical Deliberations
5 Enacting Cultural Competence
6 Psychotherapy at the Borderland
7 Beyond Anxieties: Praxis
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Stéphanie Larchanché is the research and studies department coordinator at Centre Minkowska in Paris, and a lecturer at Université Paris Descartes and Sigmund Freud University. She lives in Saint Denis, France.
Summary
A gripping ethnography about Centre Minkowska, a transcultural psychiatry clinic in Paris, France. From her unique position as both observer and staff member, anthropologist Stéphanie Larchanché explores the challenges of providing non-stigmatizing mental healthcare to migrants.
