Waltraud Ernst

Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry

The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1925-1940

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 medical services and the significance of international professional networks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781783083527
• ISBN-10: 1783083522
• Artikelnr.: 41377537

Autorenporträt

Waltraud Ernst is Professor of the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University

Inhaltsangabe

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