Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal - A History of Transcultural Psychiatry (Hardcover)

Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal explores the history of mental health in Senegal, and how psychological difficulties were expressed in the terms of spiritualism, magic, witchcraft, spirit possession, and ancestor worship. Focused on the effervescent and fruitful early post-colonial years at the Fann Hospital, situated at the famed University of Dakar, Cheikh Anta Diop, this book reveals provocative treatment innovations via case studies of individuals struggling for health and healing, and thus operates as a suspension bridge between scholarship on witchcraft and magic on the one side and the history psychiatry and psychoanalysis on the other. Through these case studies, this book creates a new route of exchange for healing knowledge for a broad array of West African spiritual troubles, mental illness, magic, soul cannibalism, witchcraft, spirit possession, and psychosis.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Health and Healing in Africa and the African Diaspora
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Alice Bullard
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-63100-0
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-367-63100-8
Barcode:	9780367631000

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