Articles related to "Colonial Psychiatry"



Insanity and Resistance to Colonialism
This article describes colonial perceptions of Africans' madness and resistance to colonial rule, which was frequently seen as pathological by colonial psychiatrists and officials.
madness insanity mental illness schizophrenia manic

Insanity, Difference, and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry
Did colonialism or genetics cause madness in Africa? Or, was insanity simply a label that colonial officials slapped on certain Africans because they were "different"? This article argues that it was probably all three.
genetics colonialism psychiatry colonial psychiatry africa


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