Wholesale (Mis)Diagnosed

Jonathan Foiles, author of the acclaimed This City Is Killing Me, argues that class, race, and gender bias still influence mental health diagnoses. Praise for This City Is Killing Me: Offers an empathetic look at how the pressures of surviving in an urban environment--including unemployment, poverty and violence--make finding help even more difficult and shares a call to action to help heal our communities. --Chicago Public Library An urgent call for reform worthy of serious consideration. -- Kirkus Reviews [S]eeks to highlight how larger traumas within a community--things like unemployment, poverty, lack of affordable housing, violence--as well as historical factors (Jim Crow laws, redlining, displacement) can have a toxic impact that makes it harder for people within those neighborhoods to thrive. --Marissa De La Cerda, Chicago Reader