Heaton, Matthew M.
Black skin, white coats : Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry / Matthew M. Heaton. - 1 online resource (261 pages). - New African histories . - New African histories series. .
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.
9780821444733 (e-book)
Psychiatry--History.--Nigeria
Cultural psychiatry--Nigeria.
Mentally ill--Care--History.--Nigeria
Mental illness--Treatment--History.--Nigeria
Nigeria--Colonial influence--Health aspects--History.
Electronic books.
RC438 / .H43 2013eb
362.209669
Black skin, white coats : Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry / Matthew M. Heaton. - 1 online resource (261 pages). - New African histories . - New African histories series. .
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.
9780821444733 (e-book)
Psychiatry--History.--Nigeria
Cultural psychiatry--Nigeria.
Mentally ill--Care--History.--Nigeria
Mental illness--Treatment--History.--Nigeria
Nigeria--Colonial influence--Health aspects--History.
Electronic books.
RC438 / .H43 2013eb
362.209669