The new issue of the French journal Histoire, médecine et santé is dedicated to mental health. It contains the following… Read more New Issue – Histoire, médecine et santé
Category: Literature
New book by Edward Shorter: “What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5” (2015)
Historian of psychiatry Edward Shorter, author of numerous books including A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum… Read more New book by Edward Shorter: “What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5” (2015)
BBC 3 “Madness in Civilisation, Night Walking” program with Lisa Appignanesi, Andrew Scull
In this new BBC Radio 3 programme, Matthew Sweet talks to Andrew Scull, author of Madness in Civilisation, about how… Read more BBC 3 “Madness in Civilisation, Night Walking” program with Lisa Appignanesi, Andrew Scull
Esprit – Aux bords de la folie
Esprit, the French literary magazine, dedicates its March-April 2015 issue to ‘Madness’. Several articles may be interesting for our readers:… Read more Esprit – Aux bords de la folie
Book announcement – Critique de la raison psychiatrique Eléments pour une histoire raisonnée de la schizophrénie
David Frank Allen, Lecturer at the University of Rennes (France), has published a book on the history of schizophrenia. The… Read more Book announcement – Critique de la raison psychiatrique Eléments pour une histoire raisonnée de la schizophrénie