Black skin, white coats : Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry / Matthew M. Heaton.
By: Heaton, Matthew M.
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BookSeries: New African histories series: Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (261 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780821444733 (e-book).Subject(s): Psychiatry -- Nigeria -- History | Cultural psychiatry -- Nigeria | Mentally ill -- Care -- Nigeria -- History | Mental illness -- Treatment -- Nigeria -- History | Nigeria -- Colonial influence -- Health aspects -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.209669 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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