Michael Staub, Madness is Civilization. When the Diagnosis was Social 1948-1980. (University of Chicago Press 2011) For more please click here.
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New Book Announcement – Sybil Exposed
Debbie Nathan. Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case (Free Books 2011). For more please click… Read more New Book Announcement – Sybil Exposed
9/11 and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 10 Years Later
In the weeks leading up to the 10th anniversary of September 11th, the New York Times appears to be devoting… Read more 9/11 and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 10 Years Later
Book Review – Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (Crown 2010)
By Michael Oldani By an odd coincidence I was able recently to watch the end of One Flew Over the… Read more Book Review – Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (Crown 2010)
Book Review – Monika Ankele, Alltag und Aneignung in Psychiatrien um 1900. Selbstzeugnisse von Frauen aus der Sammlung Prinzhorn (Vienna 2009)
By Sabine Wieber Shortly after his arrival in 1919 at the Psychiatrische Klinik der Universität Heidelberg, the German art historian… Read more Book Review – Monika Ankele, Alltag und Aneignung in Psychiatrien um 1900. Selbstzeugnisse von Frauen aus der Sammlung Prinzhorn (Vienna 2009)