Colonialism and transnational psychiatry : the development of an Indian mental hospital in British India, c. 1925-1940 / Bằng Ernst, Waltraud, 1955-

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Colonialism and transnational psychiatry : the development of an Indian mental hospital in British India, c. 1925-1940 / Bằng Ernst, Waltraud, 1955-

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Mad tales from the Raj colonial psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58 / Bằng Ernst, Waltraud, 1955-

Mục lục: “…Introduction : colonizing the mind -- Madness and the politics of colonial rule: Ideological positions ; Bureaucracy, corruption and public opinion ; The sick, the poor and the mad ; Administrative reforms and legal provision -- The institutions: The role of institutionalization ; Towards uniformity ; Inside the institutions -- The medical profession: The search for fortune and professional recognition ; The medicalization of madness ; The subordination of 'native' medicine ; Medicine and empire -- The patients: 'Highly irregular conduct' and 'neglect of duty' ; 'Drawn very much from the same class' ; A passage from India ; The changing fortunes of asylum inmates ; Being insane in British India -- Medical theories and practices: Popular images and medical concepts ; 'Moral' therapy, 'mental' illness and 'physical' derangement ; Diagnostics and therapeutic practice ; Aetiology and prognosis ; Treatment ; The question of 'non-restraint' ; Social discrimination, racial prejudice and medical concepts ; East is East, and West is best -- Conclusion : 'Mad dogs and Englishmen-- '.…”
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Mad tales from the Raj colonial psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58 / Bằng Ernst, Waltraud, 1955-

Mục lục: “…Introduction : colonizing the mind -- Madness and the politics of colonial rule: Ideological positions ; Bureaucracy, corruption and public opinion ; The sick, the poor and the mad ; Administrative reforms and legal provision -- The institutions: The role of institutionalization ; Towards uniformity ; Inside the institutions -- The medical profession: The search for fortune and professional recognition ; The medicalization of madness ; The subordination of 'native' medicine ; Medicine and empire -- The patients: 'Highly irregular conduct' and 'neglect of duty' ; 'Drawn very much from the same class' ; A passage from India ; The changing fortunes of asylum inmates ; Being insane in British India -- Medical theories and practices: Popular images and medical concepts ; 'Moral' therapy, 'mental' illness and 'physical' derangement ; Diagnostics and therapeutic practice ; Aetiology and prognosis ; Treatment ; The question of 'non-restraint' ; Social discrimination, racial prejudice and medical concepts ; East is East, and West is best -- Conclusion : 'Mad dogs and Englishmen-- '.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view