Of Spirits & Madness: An American Psychiatrist in Africa

In Of Spirits & Madness, psychiatrist Paul R. Linde recounts his year working in the psychiatric unit of Harare Central Hospital in Zimbabwe. He encounters a broad mix of patients suffering not only from biological and psychological conditions — schizophrenia, depression, AIDS-related dementia — but also those whose ailments are interpreted locally in terms of spirits, witchcraft, or other …