Locating Mental Health in Black and White Men: A Q-methodological Study.
'Race' as identified by skin colour has been traditionally                 associated with the notion of the Other. In western culture the black man as Other                 has acted as a type of repository into which white men have projected anxieties                 about, for example, their sexuality. In psychologized, post-colonial culture such                 projections have taken on a different form and in this study we utilize Q-analysis                 to explore how this manifests itself into a representation of the white man as a                 type of ideal, contained, thinking subject set in opposition to a representation of                 the black man as someone who is constituted from without, by his relationship to the                 external world. We conclude by considering the evaluative and practical implications                 of this duality for our understanding of the mental health of black and white             men.
Psychological Therapy Service, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK.
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