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h-madness

This blog follows the history of psychiatry

Author: gae16802

Greg Eghigian is Professor of History at Penn State University (USA), where he conducts research and teaches about the history of the human sciences and medicine. He is presently writing a history of UFOs and alien contact as a global cultural phenomenon in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Darkness Visible at 20

Posted on March 7, 2011 by gae16802

Upon the twentieth anniversary of its publication in the UK, Chris Cox has a piece in The Guardian discussing the impact… Read more Darkness Visible at 20

The Tucson Shooter and Media Coverage

Posted on February 18, 2011 by gae16802

Psychiatric Times has posted the monthly installment of our contribution from H-Madness.  This month, co-editor of H-Madness Greg Eghigian discusses debating… Read more The Tucson Shooter and Media Coverage

NIMH to Focus on Molecular Origins of Mental Illness

Posted on February 11, 2011 by gae16802

Psychiatric Times has posted a piece by Arline Kaplan, “NIMH Shifts Focus to Molecular Origins of Mental Illness,” discussing the… Read more NIMH to Focus on Molecular Origins of Mental Illness

A Discussion about the Insanity Defense in the U.S.

Posted on January 22, 2011 by gae16802

In the wake of the recent shooting of a congresswoman in Arizona, The New York Times this week published an interesting… Read more A Discussion about the Insanity Defense in the U.S.

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness (Wired Magazine)

Posted on January 5, 2011January 5, 2011 by gae16802

Wired magazine has an interesting piece written by Gary Greenberg (author of Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease)… Read more Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness (Wired Magazine)

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