As the previous post and a post from a few weeks ago highlight, criticism of the widespread use of antidepressants… Read more Peter Kramer Responds to Recent Criticisms of Antidepressants
Book Review – Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (Crown 2010)
By Michael Oldani By an odd coincidence I was able recently to watch the end of One Flew Over the… Read more Book Review – Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (Crown 2010)
Book Review – Monika Ankele, Alltag und Aneignung in Psychiatrien um 1900. Selbstzeugnisse von Frauen aus der Sammlung Prinzhorn (Vienna 2009)
By Sabine Wieber Shortly after his arrival in 1919 at the Psychiatrische Klinik der Universität Heidelberg, the German art historian… Read more Book Review – Monika Ankele, Alltag und Aneignung in Psychiatrien um 1900. Selbstzeugnisse von Frauen aus der Sammlung Prinzhorn (Vienna 2009)
Report on the Joint Conference of ISHN and Cheiron (Calgary, June 2011)
ISHN—International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, and Cheiron—International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences… Read more Report on the Joint Conference of ISHN and Cheiron (Calgary, June 2011)
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Revision of the DSM
The journal Personality and Mental Health features a special issue entitled “The Revision of DSM – Intended and Unintended Consequences:… Read more Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Revision of the DSM
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