The March 2011 issue of History Compass includes an article by Philippa Martyr dealing with the history of psychiatry. It… Read more Article: Deporting Lunatic Migrants from Western Australia, 1924-1939
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Have American Psychiatrists Given Up on Psychotherapy?
Psychiatric Times recently featured two responses to a 5 March 2011 piece in The New York Times that outlined what… Read more Have American Psychiatrists Given Up on Psychotherapy?
NIMH to Focus on Molecular Origins of Mental Illness
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.
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)
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)