The New York Times has a small piece discussing the history of the notion of “the nervous breakdown.” Quoting historians… Read more The History of the Nervous Breakdown
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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.
Gender and the History of Integrated Wards
Coverage of some recent violent attacks on female patients in mental health facilities in Milwaukee County in the U.S., prompted… Read more Gender and the History of Integrated Wards
Mass Media Depictions of Mental Illness
PsychCentral has a pithy piece by Margarita Tartakovsky that discusses some of the common stereotypes found in mass media representations… Read more Mass Media Depictions of Mental Illness
The History of Health Insurance and Mental Illness
The successful passage of health insurance reform legislation in the United States moves me to wonder about the extent to… Read more The History of Health Insurance and Mental Illness
Interview: Eghigian on the History of Madness
As mentioned in an earlier post, Greg Eghigian has just published From Madness to Mental Health: Psychiatric Disorder and its… Read more Interview: Eghigian on the History of Madness
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