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Schizophrenia on African American women in 1970s

Schizophrenia on African American women in 1970s. Causes and Effects. Schizophrenia.

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Schizophrenia on African American women in 1970s

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  1. Schizophrenia on African American women in 1970s Causes and Effects

  2. Schizophrenia • “Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it hard to: Tell the difference between what is real and not real; Think clearly; Have normal emotional responses; Act normally in social situations.” – National Library of Medicine

  3. Settings • Black Revolution • Discriminations and Racism • Lowest class in the society

  4. Causes • Associated with traumas that the patient had experienced during the early stage of life.

  5. Effects • Social effects • Psychological effects

  6. Social effects • Family • School • Social connections

  7. Jackie Powell’s mother • Cause: unhappy marriage • Divorced • Lost her jobs • Viewed as crazy person • Ruined Jackie’s childhood

  8. Lindar • Attended to a White-dominant college • Paranoid, talking to herself and withdrawing • No social connections with roommates and other students • Worsen family relationships

  9. Psychological • Gender identity • Institutionalized • Suicide

  10. Gender Identity • Case Western Reserve University Gender Identity Clinic • 5 out of 174 patients were black female • 4 were diagnosed with Schizophrenia

  11. Ruthy • Was sexually abused by both parents • Several hospitalizations for acute schizophrenic episodes • Severely suicidal • Unable to distinguish her fantasies from reality

  12. Ola Mae Clemons • Imprisoned for 30 days • Experienced many discrimination acts • Fail marriage • “nervous breakdown” • Institutionalized for 35 years

  13. Works Cited • Powell, Jackie. “First Person Account: Paranoid Schizophrenia – A Daughter’s Story.” Schizophrenia Bulletin 24.1 (1998): 175-177. Print. • Jackson, Vanessa. “In Our Own Voice: African-American Stories of Oppression, Survival and Recovery in Mental Health Systems.” Atlanta, GA: Vanessa Jackson, 2001. National Empowerment Center. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. • Carter, H. James. “Sociocultural Factors in the Psychiatric Assessment of Black Patients: A Case Study.” Journal of the National Medical Association 75.8 (1983): 817-820. Print. • Lothstein, L. M. and Howard Roback. “Black Female Transsexuals and Schizophrenia: A Serendipitous Finding?” Archives of Sexual Behavior 13.4 (1984): 371-386. Print.

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