Colonial Psychiatry and the African Mind

by Jock McCulloch

Book Overview

In this first history of the practice and theoretical underpinnings of colonial psychiatry in Africa, Jock McCulloch describes the clinical approaches of well-known European psychiatrists who worked directly with indigenous Africans, among them Frantz Fanon, J.C. Carothers, and Wulf Sachs. They were a disparate group, operating independently of one another, and mostly in intellectual isolation. But despite their differences, they shared a coherent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521034809
• ISBN13: 9780521034807
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"