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The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

Jonathan Metzl

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Dr. Metzl documents the alleged finding of an increased incidence of schizophrenia in black men, but he argues that the link was fabricated during the 60s and early 70s to undermine the Civil Rights Movement.  The event is at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

About the Authors

Jonathan Metzl

Dr. Metzl is a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient.  He's an associate professor of psychiatry and women's studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.   He's also Director of the Culture, Health and Medicine Program at the University of Michigan.  He's author of "Prozac on the Couch" and "Difference and Identity Medicine."


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The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

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Past Airings

  • Saturday, March 6th at 1:30pm (ET)
  • Sunday, January 31st at 5pm (ET)
  • Saturday, January 30th at 8am (ET)
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