Colonialism and psychiatry / edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Roland Littlewood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhugra, Dinesh.

Littlewood, Roland.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health--Cross-cultural studies.

Mental health.

Imperialism.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]

Contents:

1. Colonialism and Psychiatry / Roland Littlewood 1

2. The Impact of Colonialism on the Mental Health of the New Zealand Maori: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective / Perminder Sachdev 15

3. The Colonized Psyche: British Influence on Indian Psychiatry / Dinesh Bhugra 46

4. The Theory and Practice of European Psychiatry in Colonial Africa / Jock McCulloch 77

5. From Colonial Dependence to Independent Centre: Australian Psychiatry, 1788-1980 / Milton J. Lewis 105

6. Remnants of the Colonial Past: The Difference in Outcome of Mental Disorders in High- and Low-income Countries / Joop de Jong 131

7. Too Close for Comfort: Mental Illness and the Irish in Britain / Gerard Leavey 167

8. Within and Without (The Story of the Welsh) The Impact of Cultural Factors on Mental Health in the Present Day in Wales / Dilys R. Davies 185

9. Indian and Western Medicine: Rival Traditions in British India / Poonam Bala 232

10. An Historical Disorder: Neurasthenia and the Testimony of Lives in Latvia / Vieda Skultans 244.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

019565286X

OCLC:

187517963