Why understanding the different paradigms with mental health is useful for understanding stuff

Black men are overdiagnosed with schizophrenia in the us and uk by about a factor of 3 compared to their white counterparts. Overdiagnosis of schizophrenia is true for all black people, as is the overuse of section and forced treatment in the community.

This is.a really significant thing at policy level. The psychiatric profession could easily be accused of being racist. I don't think that's strictly true. What's true is the system, in practice, often enforces local norms of behaviour. In the West Indies the problem does not exist because psychiatrists there have different norms and may use different diagnostic methods.

So much is subjective and this example is where the subjectivity shows clear. Is subjectivity racism? That's a different question.