Timothy Olanrewaju Alabi
Biographic Data
| ID | 622203 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Olanrewaju Alabi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy Olanrewaju |
| FAMILY NAME | Alabi |
| SIGNATURE | ALABI T O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9722-6852 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Treatment Multiplicity in a Nigerian Psychiatric Hospital
In this article, I investigate the multiplicity of mental healthcare practices at Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta, Nigeria, using Annemarie Mol's theory of multiple bodies to explore how biomedical, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions intersect in treatment. Drawing on nine months of hospital ethnography, I illustrate how care practices integrate global biomedical standards with local cultural beliefs about personhood and recovery. Fo…
Unveiling patienthood in psychiatric care
This article explores the creation, significance, and implications of patienthood within biomedical psychiatric hospital care practices, a topic that has often received insufficient attention from researchers. Using an ethnographic approach and discursive narrative framework, I argue that patienthood in this mental hospital is a social status deliberately constructed to facilitate decision-making regarding treatment and to guide social interactio…
Mouth matters
This study delves into the intricate tapestry of Yoruba cultural beliefs and their impact on oral health. Focusing on the unique worldview of the Yoruba people, the research investigates the metaphysical significance of the mouth, drawing on proverbs, maxims, and Ifa corpus verses. The study combines primary data gathered through fieldwork in Ile-Ife with secondary sources to uncover the sociocultural influences on oral health practices. The Yoru…
Personhood Disrupted
Medical doctors do not know it, nor can they treat it
Background: Prompt and effective healthcare practice is essential to reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality which is at a higher rate among low-income nations including Nigeria, especially in rural settings. Studies have identified some structural factors such as poverty and limited healthcare resources as major factors without giving adequate attention to the related intrinsic factors such as peoples‟ understanding and beliefs among other cul…
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Medical doctors do not know it, nor can they treat it
Background: Prompt and effective healthcare practice is essential to reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality which is at a higher rate among low-income nations including Nigeria, especially in rural settings. Studies have identified some structural factors such as poverty and limited healthcare resources as major factors without giving adequate attention to the related intrinsic factors such as peoples‟ understanding and beliefs among other cul…
Mouth matters
This study delves into the intricate tapestry of Yoruba cultural beliefs and their impact on oral health. Focusing on the unique worldview of the Yoruba people, the research investigates the metaphysical significance of the mouth, drawing on proverbs, maxims, and Ifa corpus verses. The study combines primary data gathered through fieldwork in Ile-Ife with secondary sources to uncover the sociocultural influences on oral health practices. The Yoru…
Personhood Disrupted
Unveiling patienthood in psychiatric care
This article explores the creation, significance, and implications of patienthood within biomedical psychiatric hospital care practices, a topic that has often received insufficient attention from researchers. Using an ethnographic approach and discursive narrative framework, I argue that patienthood in this mental hospital is a social status deliberately constructed to facilitate decision-making regarding treatment and to guide social interactio…
Treatment Multiplicity in a Nigerian Psychiatric Hospital
In this article, I investigate the multiplicity of mental healthcare practices at Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta, Nigeria, using Annemarie Mol's theory of multiple bodies to explore how biomedical, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions intersect in treatment. Drawing on nine months of hospital ethnography, I illustrate how care practices integrate global biomedical standards with local cultural beliefs about personhood and recovery. Fo…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Yoruba (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)