Editing Frantz Fanon (section)

===Algeria===
After his residency, Fanon practised psychiatry at [[Pontorson]], near [[Mont Saint-Michel]], for another year and then (from 1953) in [[Algeria]]. He was ''chef de service'' at the [[Blida|Blida-Joinville]] Psychiatric Hospital in Algeria. He worked there until his deportation in January 1957.<ref name="Cherki">Cherki, Alice (2000), ''Frantz Fanon. Portrait'', Paris: Seuil; Macey, David (2000), ''Frantz Fanon: A Biography'', New York: Picador Press.</ref>

Fanon's methods of treatment started evolving, particularly by beginning [[Sociotherapy|socio-therapy]] to connect with his patients' [[Culture|cultural backgrounds]]. He also trained nurses and interns. Following the outbreak of the [[Algerian War|Algerian revolution]] in November 1954, Fanon joined the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|Front de Libération Nationale]] (FLN), after having made contact with [[Pierre Chaulet]] at Blida in 1955. Working at a French hospital in Algeria, Fanon became responsible for treating the psychological distress of the French soldiers and officers who carried out torture in order to suppress anti-colonial resistance. Additionally, Fanon was also responsible for treating Algerian [[torture]] victims.

Fanon made extensive trips across Algeria, mainly in the [[Kabylia]] region, to study the cultural and psychological life of Algerians. His lost study of "The [[marabout]] of Si Slimane" is an example. These trips were also a means for clandestine activities, notably in his visits to the ski resort of [[Chrea]] which hid an FLN base.