Vol. 3 No. 1 (1997)
Reflections

Ethnopsychiatry and Theories of "the African Mind": A Historical and Comparative Study

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  • Nicholas J. Carson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v3i1.591

Published 2020-12-01

Keywords

  • Ethnopsychiatry,
  • colonization,
  • African mind

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Carson NJ. Ethnopsychiatry and Theories of "the African Mind": A Historical and Comparative Study. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 29];3(1). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/591
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