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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 London, and the institute is hosting a screening of David Cronenberg’s very apt A DANGEROUS METHOD; before all that, Viggo Mortensen spends a few minutes talking about his portrayal of Sigmund Freud within the film, and the process of making it all happen. THN was there to listen in.

To read the entire article, click here.

To view pictures of the event, click here.

2012
02/06
CATEGORY
discussion
Varia
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Question from a reader on Native Americans

Kathryn McKay from the Simon Fraser University sent the following question:

Hello,

I am looking for articles from the late 19th or early 20th century that describe the mental conditions of Native Americans and First Nations peoples from a medical perspective, rather than from an anthropological one.  The earliest I have found are Dr. Hummers’”Insanity among the Indians” from 1911, Dr. A.A. Brill’s “Piblokto or Hysteria among Peary’s Eskimos,from 1913″ and Dr. I Coriat’s “Psychoneuroses among primitive tribes”from 1915.

Please let me know if you know of anything earlier. I am particularly interested in dementia praecox, but am more generally interested in any discussion of “insanity.”

I can be reached at mckay@sfu.ca

2011
11/30
CATEGORY
Varia
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The History of Madness and Psychiatry at the History of Science Society Conference (3-6 November 2011) – bis

For all the nerds among our readers, I have created a twitter list (http://twitter.com/#!/MajBen/science-cleveland2011), which allows you to follow people tweeting from the HSS, SHOT, or 4S conferences in Cleveland (Ohio).

At least one of the co-editor from h-madness (@MajBen) will also try to tweet from the conference.

2011
10/30
CATEGORY
Varia
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Thanks for 100 000 views

In January 2010, we launched h-madness. Today we got the 100 000th hit on our website. Thanks to the readers, contributors and commenters.

2011
10/24
CATEGORY
Varia
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Capitalism and asylums: antipsychiatry and the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Heidelberg

Radio Q, which is animated by students from several German universities, has produced a feature on the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Heidelberg (SPK). The SPK was one of the most radical antipsychiatric movements in Europe.

To listen to the feature, click here.

To get more information on the SPK, click here.

2011
10/23
CATEGORY
Varia
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