Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleDrapetomania: History of How Psychiatry Allowed Itself to be Abused by Racists.AuthorsPrasad, Ashoka JahnaviAbstractThe article presents the discussion on Drapetomania making the specialty of psychiatry particularly prone to abuse and oppression of the disadvantaged sections.SubjectsUNITED States; HISTORY of psychiatry; PSYCHOLOGY of Black people; RACISM; MENTAL health; SLAVERY; CIVIL rights; MENTAL illnessPublicationIndian Practitioner, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 2, p39ISSN0019-6169Publication typeArticle