An Anthropological Hybrid

The Pragmatic Arrangement of Universalism and Culturalism in French Mental Health

Bibliographic Data

ID2394540
AuthorsD Fassin (0000-0002-7684-2410, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, corresponding author), Richard Rechtman (CESAME (CNRS, Université Paris 5), corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume42
Issue3
Pages347-366
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461505055620
PMID16268233
OpenAlexW1997308098
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited28

As in most European countries, the mental health of immigrants in France has recently been the subject of scientific scrutiny. Since the end of World War II voluntary special mental health services for migrants and refugees have been created in France and especially in Paris, but none has been based on epidemiological data. Generally, this lack of objective data gave rise to the assumption that many immigrants might not be getting the type of services they required. The birth of a new type of service (e.g. for migrants, refugees, ethnic groups, trauma and torture victims) was a political reaction to what was, at the time, expressed as an essential unmet need regarding this very specific population. In this article we review, from an anthropological point of view, the different paradigms that have prevailed over the last 50 years

Criminology · Culturalism · Ethnic group · Human rights · Immigration · Mental health · Political science · Politics · Population · Psychiatry · Refugee · Scrutiny · Sociology · Torture · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Health, Medicine and Society · Historical and Scientific Studies · Law · Medicine · Migration, Identity, and Health

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