WHO's MIND, whose future? Mental health projects as colonial logics

Social Identities

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-84

  Titchkosky, Tanya ^a   Aubrecht, Katie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interpretation; Mental health and illness; Postcolonial theory; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DECOLONIZATION; DISABILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84926417994     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2014.996994     Document Type: Article

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