By Valérie Leclercq The psychiatric institution le Beau-Vallon was founded at the eve of the first World War by the… Read more Book Review – Anne Roekens (dir.), Des murs et des femmes. Cent ans de psychiatrie et d’espoir au Beau-Vallon (Presses Universitaires de Namur 2014)
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Histoire sociale/Social history
The May 2010 issue of the Canadian academic journal Histoire sociale / Social history has just been added to the… Read more Histoire sociale/Social history
Deinstitutionalisation in psychiatry as a possible resource
A Romanian – Italian symposium of Psychiatry took place at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” (Bucharest) on… Read more Deinstitutionalisation in psychiatry as a possible resource
Dr. Walter Freeman’s photographs of lobotomy patients
A few days ago, the blog Advances in the History of Psychology pointed its readers to the work of Miriam… Read more Dr. Walter Freeman’s photographs of lobotomy patients
New Issue of PSN
A new issue of PSN (Psychiatrie Sciences Humaines Neurosciences) has just been released online. Included in this issue are two… Read more New Issue of PSN
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