| Summary: | Cites and evaluates nearly 1,000 works, mostly articles in various European languages, that relate to the development of psychiatry in Africa since 1950, when European-trained African psychiatrists first began designing systematic treatment modes. They explore such issues as whether African and Europeans are subject to the same mental illnesses, the appropriateness of a western approach to treatment, and the role of sorcery and spirit possession in traditional African psychiatry. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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