Black skin, white coats : Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry / Matthew M. Heaton.
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TextSeries: New African histories seriesDescription: x, 249 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 9780821420706 (pb : alk. paper); 9780821444733 (electronic)Subject(s): Psychiatry -- Nigeria -- History | Cultural psychiatry -- Nigeria | Mentally ill -- Care -- Nigeria -- History | Mental illness -- Treatment -- Nigeria -- History | Nigeria -- Colonial influence -- Health aspects -- HistoryDDC classification: 362.209669 NLM classification: WM 11 2013HE| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
Introduction: Colonizing, decolonizing, and globalizing the history of psychiatry -- Colonial institutions and networks of ethnopsychiatry -- Decolonizing psychiatric institutions and networks -- Mentally ill Nigerian immigrants in the United Kingdom : the international dimensions of decolonizing psychiatry -- Schizophrenia, depression, and "brain-fag syndrome" : diagnosis and the boundaries of culture -- Gatekeepers of the mind : psychotherapy and "traditional" healers -- The paradoxes of psychoactive drugs -- Conclusion: Nigerian psychiatrists and the globalization of psychiatry.
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