Of Spirits and Madness : An American Psychiatrist in Africa,9780071367349

Of Spirits and Madness : An American Psychiatrist in Africa

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780071367349
ISBN10: 0071367349
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): MCG
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Summary

In an unforgettable tale of medicine at the crossroads of two worlds, a psychiatrist tells of his shock at the magnitude of human suffering in Africa and how his experiences awakened him to the ways in which mental illness cuts across all cultures.

Author Biography

Paul R. Linde is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, where he finished his specialty training in psychiatry.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xiii
``Sister, Who's Our First Patient?'' Tichaona Machewa: A Garden-Variety Manic
1(22)
``He's Not Crazy, He's Delirious!'' Joshua Mujombe: Death Doesn't Go on Strike
23(20)
``It's Ten O'clock, Where Are My Interns?'' Doctor Gwanzura: A Big Breadwinner
43(24)
``He Brought the Virus Home.'' Esther Mawena: The Bride Price, a Death Sentence
67(24)
``Paranoid as Hell.'' Happy Mufananidza: AIDS in the Brain
91(12)
``A Bewitchment?'' Constance Marondera: Catatonic, but Why?
103(40)
``You What? You Need to Rest Your Mind?'' Sister Pagomo: A Case of Kufungisisa
143(34)
``There Are No Guarantees.'' Mister Dube: Nearly Scared to Death
177(36)
``A Sleepy Guy with a Head Full of Weed and Thorazine.'' Samuel Rugare: A Case of Mbanje Madness
213(22)
``So, You Want Another Operation?'' Winston Chivero: Self-Mutilator with a Cause
235(22)
``You Ask a Lot of Questions, You Know That?'' Wonder Kasimonje: Redemption Is Where You Find It
257

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