Benedict Nta Tanka's Commentary and Dramatized Ideas on Disease and Witchcraft in our Society: A Schreber Case from Cameroon- Annotated Autobiographic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783820469011)

For the first time, autobiographical notes of an African on his own psychosis are presented in print. Mr. Tanka's experiences are related to problems of his environment, characterized by cultural change. Information on his tribe, the Menka, and psychiatric comments provide the necessary background for the notes. The course of Mr. Tanka's illness, followed for twelve years, illustrates results of the International Pilot Study on Schizophrenia (IPSS) of the WHO that schizophrenia in patients from traditional cultures often has a favourable prognosis.

Author: Hans Jochen Diesfeld, Alexander Boroffka
ISBN-10: 382046901X
ISBN-13: 9783820469011
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1980
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.35d