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
Dissertations – «Furieux et de petit gouvernement»
Maud Ternon: «Furieux et de petit gouvernement». Judicial forms and practices relative to madness in the royal jurisdictions of France… Read more Dissertations – «Furieux et de petit gouvernement»
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