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This City Is Killing Me
Community Trauma and Toxic Stress in Urban AmericaBy Jonathan FoilesNarrated by Kevin KenerlyLength3h 12m
About this audiobook
When Jonathan Foiles was a graduate student in social work, he had to choose between a mental health or policy track. But once he began working, he found it impossible to tell the two apart. While helping poor patients from the south side and west side of Chicago, he realized that individual therapy could not take into account the importance of unemployment, poverty, lack of affordable housing, and other policy decisions that impact the well-being of both individuals and communities.
It is easy to be depressed if you live in a neighborhood that has few supportive resources available or is marred by gun violence. We are able to diagnose people with depression, but how does one heal a neighborhood?
This City Is Killing Me brings policy and psychology together. Through case studies, Foiles opens up his therapy door to allow us to overhear the stories of individual poor Chicagoans. As we listen, Foiles teaches us how he makes diagnoses, explains how therapists before him would analyze these patients, and, through statistics and the example of Chicago, teaches us how policy decisions have contributed to these individuals’ suffering. The result is a remarkable, unique work with an urgent political call to action at its core.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (293)
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GenrePsychology
Length3 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byKevin Kenerly
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
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