M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / The nature of hypnosis and trance is investigated in the context of Western psychology, and traditional African healing practises. The historical development, definitions of nature of hypnosis and trance, and theoretical background of both these phenomena are described. Similarities and differences between Western hypnosis and African trance are described. Western hypnosis and African trance are found to be embedded in the context which provides their meaning. The similarities and differences between the African healing trance induction process and the Western context of hypnotherapy are discussed in terms of the ecosystemic theories. The content and characteristics of hypnosis in these two spheres are not seen as important as is the context and process of these phenomena. It is found that the expected characteristics of hypnosis in Western psychotherapy, and traditional African trance states, and the similarities and differences between them, are not absolute realities, but rather culturally shaped experiences which people come to expect.

Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / Employing a combination of ethnographic and clinical methodology, this study aims to explore the psychocultural dimensions of recovery from first episode psychotic illness in a Javanese setting, specifically Yogyakarta. Although the rate of recovery was comparable with that in developing countites, the thesis argues that psychocultural factors play a role in promoting recovery from psychosis. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1277708 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Medicine, 2006

Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / Employing a combination of ethnographic and clinical methodology, this study aims to explore the psychocultural dimensions of recovery from first episode psychotic illness in a Javanese setting, specifically Yogyakarta. Although the rate of recovery was comparable with that in developing countites, the thesis argues that psychocultural factors play a role in promoting recovery from psychosis. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1277708 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Medicine, 2006

Thesis (Ph.D.). / Written for the Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008.01/11). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Centre for International Mental Health and Dept. of Psychiatry, 2005. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 441-472).

The relevance of psychology in Africa is increasingly debated by psychologists. The subject stands accused of continuing a colonial tradition of oppression through its Eurocentrism and failure to attend to the needs of African societies. The relevance debate raises questions around the relationship between power, knowledge, psychology, and African history. This study attempts to excavate the conditions of possibility of the debate, by construing an archaeology of psychological knowledge as technology of power in the African context. It assumes a constructivist stance, employs textual and narrative analogies, and follows Foucault's conceptualisation of the relation between power and knowledge. Five strata of knowledge emerging historically in Africa, each embodying distinctive approaches to knowledge, are described: Indigenous African knowledge, African Islamic knowledge, African Christianity, knowledges of Enlightenment, and knowledges of resistance. These knowledges, their psychological dimensions, as well as the circulation of power within and between them, are explored, and historical processes of subjugation and resistance highlighted. Western psychology, as technology of modern power, is situated within modernism and the narratives ofEnlightenment, which also provided the conditions of possibility of colonialism. The dominant narratives of relevance are related to those of African resistance and the limitations of psychology are conceptualised in terms of those pertaining to modernism. Possible postmodern avenues to the liberation of both psychology and its subjects, that are relevant to African contexts, are suggested. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-156). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1240699121&SrchMode=1&sid=10&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1195662857&clientId=5220

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65).

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-53).

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-53).