1st Edition

Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal A History of Transcultural Psychiatry

By Alice Bullard Copyright 2022
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One: Healing at Fann Hospital

Chapter Two: Physiology of Trauma, Fear, and Anxiety: Polyvagal Theory

Chapter Three: A Case of Impotence / Xala

Chapter Four: The Man Who Makes Trees Cry: A Healer’s Art

Chapter Five: Witch Narratives: Stolen Souls and Aggression

Chapter Six: Devoured by Fear in Childbirth and Haunted "No-Good" Children

Chapter Seven: Trauma Defenses: Denial, Dissociation, and Magical Thinking

Chapter Eight: Ancestors

Chapter Nine: Bouffée Délirante: Living Myth and Madness

Biography

Alice Bullard (Ph.D. & ESQ) is a lawyer specializing in human rights, trafficking, personal status, and mediation. Previously, she was a professor of history at Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A