ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the unintended consequences of external involvement within the production of mental health interventions in lower resource settings. Following a brief overview of the movement for global mental health's aims, thethis chapter explores the consequences of extending the arm of psychiatric power in the majority world.The stories of South African and Colombian women from my work elsewhere brings into focus the potential consequences of interventions designed to focus on deficits and gaps, without an eye on survival and complexity. Drawing on the connections between the structural and disciplinary domains the chapter explores the productive power of structural violence alongside subjectification linked to diagnostic processes. It suggests that many of today's interventions may contribute to complacency and acceptance of fractured social worlds.which has huge implications for global mental health more broadly.
