03078nam 22006011 450 991081841700332120230803034133.00-8214-4473-5(CKB)3710000000020735(EBL)1743594(OCoLC)860711594(SSID)ssj0001042424(PQKBManifestationID)12462341(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001042424(PQKBWorkID)11050609(PQKB)10307338(MiAaPQ)EBC1743594(Au-PeEL)EBL1743594(CaPaEBR)ebr10778505(EXLCZ)99371000000002073520130708d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrBlack skin, white coats Nigerian psychiatrists, decolonization, and the globalization of psychiatry /Matthew M. HeatonAthens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,2013.1 online resource (265 p.)New African historiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-2070-4 Introduction: Colonizing, decolonizing, and globalizing the history of psychiatry --Colonial institutions and networks of ethnopsychiatry --Decolonizing psychiatric institutions and networks --Mentally ill Nigerian immigrants in the United Kingdom : the international dimensions of decolonizing psychiatry --Schizophrenia, depression, and "brain-fag syndrome" : diagnosis and the boundaries of culture --Gatekeepers of the mind : psychotherapy and "traditional" healers --The paradoxes of psychoactive drugs --Conclusion: Nigerian psychiatrists and the globalization of psychiatry.Black Skin, White Coats is a history of psychiatry in Nigeria from the 1950's to the 1980's. Working in the contexts of decolonization and anti-colonial nationalism, Nigerian psychiatrists sought to replace racist colonial psychiatric theories about the psychological inferiority of Africans with a universal and egalitarian model focusing on broad psychological similarities across cultural and racial boundaries. Particular emphasis is placed on Dr. T. Adeoye Lambo, the first indigenous Nigerian to earn a specialty degree in psychiatry in the United Kingdom in 1954. Lambo returned to Nigeria to beNew African histories series.PsychiatryNigeriaHistoryCultural psychiatryNigeriaMentally illCareNigeriaHistoryMental illnessTreatmentNigeriaHistoryNigeriaColonial influenceHealth aspectsHistoryPsychiatryHistory.Cultural psychiatryMentally illCareHistory.Mental illnessTreatmentHistory.362.209669Heaton Matthew M1722673MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818417003321Black skin, white coats4123248UNINA