Black skin, white coats : Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry / Matthew M. Heaton.
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TextSeries: New African histories seriesPublication details: Athens Ohio University Press 2013Description: x, 249 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780821420706 (pb : alk. paper)
- 9780821444733 (electronic)
- 362.209669 23
- RC438 .H43 2013
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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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