Were ni! he is a madman : a study of the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria.

This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are treatment centres managed by herbalists and diviners with specialist knowledge of traditional psychiatric t...

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Bibliographic Details

Other Authors:	Prince, Raymond (Raymond H.), Speed, Francis
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1963.
Series:	Ethnographic video online ; volume 1
Subjects:	Divination. Mental illness > Nigeria. Traditional medicine > Nigeria. Yoruba (African people) > Mental health. Maladies mentales > Nigeria. Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Santé mentale. Mental illness. Traditional medicine. Nigeria. Encoded moving images. Nonfiction films. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)