Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda
This open access book investigates psychiatry in Uganda during the years of decolonisation. It examines the challenges facing a new generation of psychiatrists as they took over responsibility for psychiatry at the end of empire, and explores the ways psychiatric practices were tied to shifting poli...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2019.
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| Edición: | First edition, 2019. |
| Colección: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436099706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Place on Mulago Hill
- 3. The ‘Africanisation’ of Psychiatry
- 4. ‘Mass Hysteria’ in the Wake of Decolonisation
- 5. The Psychiatry of Poverty
- 6. Mobility, Power, and International Mental Health
- 7. The ‘Trauma’ of War and Violence
- 8. Conclusion.-Bibliography
- Index .
