March 7, 2010
madness, « New Issue of the International Review of Psychiatry », H-Madness, ID : 10670/1.yyhixl
The latest issue of International Review of Psychiatry is dedicated to psychiatry in a colonial context. Titles, authors and abstracts are listed below. History of psychiatry in West Africa by F. Oyebode (Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK). The abstract reads: This paper explores the social context of the development of mental asylums in colonial Nigeria. The characteristics of the medical leadership is described, as is the environmental condition of the...