Black skin, white coats : : Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry / / Matthew M. Heaton.

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Superior document:New African histories
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Place / Publishing House:Athens, Ohio : : Ohio University Press,, 2013.
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:New African histories series.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (261 pages).
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Other title: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.
ISBN:9780821420706 (pb : alk. paper)
9780821444733
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Matthew M. Heaton.