This is another installment in our series on university and college courses dealing with the history of madness, mental illness,… Read more Syllabus: Crozier, “The History of Psychiatry”
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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.
New Yorker Magazine: A Case of Psychopathy in New Zealand
New Yorker magazine this week has a piece by Carl Elliot (“Letter from New Zealand”) entitled “Mind Game.” It chronicles… Read more New Yorker Magazine: A Case of Psychopathy in New Zealand
New York Times: Anti-Psychotic Prescriptions for Pre-Schoolers
The New York Times has posted online a video essay on an increasingly well-documented trend in the United States: prescribing… Read more New York Times: Anti-Psychotic Prescriptions for Pre-Schoolers
Syllabus: Evans, “Madness and Melancholy”
This is another installment in our series on university and college courses dealing with the history of madness, mental illness,… Read more Syllabus: Evans, “Madness and Melancholy”
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