Pyar Seth, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Reilly Center and recent IRR affiliate, discusses how Rastafarianism influenced perceptions of health and disease — particularly the definition and treatment of schizophrenia — and the ways that it has structured clinical encounters between doctors and patients. Focusing on the case of David ‘Rocky’ Bennett, a West Indian man who was forcibly restrained and killed in a mental health clinic in Britain, this talk seeks to draw attention to the structure and form of clinical encounters.
Originally published at raceandresilience.nd.edu.