Psychiatrists and psychiatry in late colonial India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961510 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shilpi Rajpal (0000-0001-7478-7799, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 515-548 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019464618796901 |
| OpenAlex | W2894792782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
The history of professionalisation of psychiatry in India is an array of parallel histories. The article describes the variegated processes of professionalisation, modernisation and Indianisation and the impediments that colonialism created in their path. It charts the reification of the professional identity of a psychiatrist which was uniquely different from the Western counterpart. The process that began at the turn of the twentieth century was far from complete even on the eve of independence. It argues that psychiatry remained at the margins of medicine and the colonial state maintained an indifferent attitude towards development of the mental sciences. Highlighting contributions of individual psychiatrists and juxtaposing them with those of the state, this article situates psychiatrists as historical actors and how the emergence of psychiatry was enmeshed with political histories of the period
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · History of psychiatry · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Reification (Marxism · Sociology · State (computer science · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · History of Medicine Studies · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |