Colonial Psychiatry and the African Mind
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780521034807
Subjects: Colonization & independence; Political Science; Psychology; Politics/International Relations; Africa; Africa - General; History & Theory - General; Mental Illness; History-Africa - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science-History & Theory - General; Psychiatry--Political aspects--Africa--Histor; Psychiatry--Political aspects--Africa--History; Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness
First sentence: In August 1938 a young British psychiatrist named Cobb was dismissed, following a scandal, from his position as senior medical officer in charge of Mathari Mental Hospital, Nairobi.