Psychiatry, mental institutions, and the mad in apartheid South Africa / Tiffany Fawn Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Tiffany F., 1972-
Other author ProQuest (Firm)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2012.
Descriptionxxiv, 254 pages : illustrations.
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SeriesAfrican studies : history, politics, economics, and culture
African studies (Routledge (Firm)) ^A560178
Contents Prospects of a progressive mental health system in South Africa before apartheid: Tara Hospital and psychobiology, c.1939-1948 -- The "disordered" state: government policies and institutions for the administration of the mad during apartheid, 1948-1973 -- Patient accounts: life in state institutions and challenging exile, 1939-1961 -- Heinous crimes: community and cross-cultural psychiatry, and state mental health services for non-whites, 1948-1990 -- Controlling and challenging sexuality: psychiatric struggles over homosexuality in the 1960s-1980s -- "Monopoly on madness?": private long-term mental institutions in South Africa, 1963-1989 -- Critics of the system?: the Church of Scientology and the international vilification of psychiatry in South Africa -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011033434

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