Colonialism and transnational psychiatry : the development of an Indian mental hospital in British India, c. 1925-1940 /

This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the 'indigenisation' or 'Indianisation' of the colonial...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ernst, Waltraud, 1955- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2013.
Collection:Anthem South Asian studies.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Psychiatry > India > History > 20th century.
Psychiatric hospitals > India > History > 20th century.
Psychoanalysis and colonialism > India.
Psychoanalysis and racism > India > History > 20th century.
Medical policy > Great Britain.
Psychiatry > history
Hospitals, Psychiatric > history
History, 20th Century
Colonialism
Psychanalyse et colonialisme > Inde.
Psychanalyse et racisme > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique sanitaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
Health and Fitness.
Medical policy
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Psychoanalysis and colonialism
Psychoanalysis and racism
Kolonialismus
Psychiatrie
Health and Wellbeing.
India
Great Britain
Britisch-Indien
India.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables and Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1: Indianisation and its Discontents; Chapter 2: The Patients: The Demographics of Gender and Age, Locality, Occupation, Caste and Religion; Chapter 3: Institutional Trends and Standardisation: Deaths, Diseases and Cures; Chapter 4: Classifications, Types of Disorder and Aetiology; Chapter 5: Treatments; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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