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Viggo Mortensen visits the Freud Museum

A few days ago, actor Viggo Mortensen visited the Freud Museum in London and participated in a lively Q&A session about his latest film, A Dangerous Method. The Hollywood News published an article about this session, conducted by Chair of the Museum, Lisa Appignanesi: It’s a mid-week evening at the Freud Museum just off Finchley Road in [ READ MORE ]

Psychiatry and the History of Riots

In the wake of the recents riots in England, social scientists and journalists have been quite prominent in offering their explanations for the looting and destruction.  Social psychologists and sociologists have, by and large, dominated the more scholarly discussions.  So it is interesting to recall that, as Hans Joachim Schneider pointed out in a 1992 [ READ MORE ]

Debate: Should Psychoanalysis Be in the Science Museum in London?

To be sure, this is likely familiar territory to many readers of H-Madness, but the New Scientist features a debate on the topic of whether psychoanalysis should be included in the Science Museum in London.  Speaking in favor is Robert Bud, principal curator of medicine at the Science Museum; voicing his opposition is Mario Bunge, a philosopher [ READ MORE ]

Announcement: Course Syllabi for the History of Madness and Psychiatry

With the start of the fall/winter university semester on the horizon in the United States and Europe, H-Madness will be hosting a series of posts featuring course syllabi in field of the history of madness, mental health, and psychiatry.   During the last week of August/first week of September, H-Madness will be posting syllabi from [ READ MORE ]

Vers une réforme du dispositif de soins sous contrainte en France

Le 5 mai dernier la ministre de la santé française Roselyne Bachelot a présenté en conseil des ministres un projet de réforme de la loi du 30 juin 1990 sur l’hospitalisation sous contrainte, qui pourrait être discuté au Parlement à l’automne. Si les velléités réformatrices n’ont pas manqué depuis qu’existe un dispositif de contrainte en [ READ MORE ]

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