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Of Spirits and Madness: an American Psychiatrist in Africa

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ISBN-10: 0071407995

ISBN-13: 9780071407991

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul R. Linde

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This is Paul Linde's account of his year spent practicing psychiatry at Zimbabwe's Harare Central Hospital. Overwhelmed at first by the workload, Linde gradually came to understand how mental illness cuts across cultures.
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 9/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 4.90" wide x 8.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Paul R. Linde, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and the author ofOf Spirits and Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa.

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