Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda

Yolana Pringle is Senior Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Roehampton, UK. Her research encompasses the history of psychiatry, humanitarianism, and violence and health, with a regional focus on East Africa. She has held previous posts at the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. A Place on Mulago Hill.- 3. The ‘Africanisation’ of Psychiatry.- 4. ‘Mass Hysteria’ in the Wake of Decolonisation.- 5. The Psychiatry of Poverty.- 6. Mobility, Power, and International Mental Health.- 7. The ‘Trauma’ of War and Violence.- 8. Conclusion.-Bibliography.- Index