"The Mental Pain of Minorities: Social and Clinical Aspects," Salman Akhtar, MD

American Group Psychotherapy Association - AGPA

2016 Conference Opening Plenary Address: Salman Akhtar The discord between the subjectivity of minorities and their ecological and cultural ‘holding environment’ (Winnicott, 1960) and their use as dehumanized targets of the majority’s projections causes them chronic mental pain. Seeking to anesthet