The latest issue of Psychiatrie, sciences humaines, neurosciences is available online. One article is dedicated to Charcot and the discovery… Read more New Issue of Psychiatrie, sciences humaines, neurosciences
Review – Gary Greenberg. Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease. Simon & Shuster, 2010
Major depressive disorder has become the major driver of psychiatry’s social success. It is by far the most common diagnosis… Read more Review – Gary Greenberg. Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease. Simon & Shuster, 2010
Announcement: Course Syllabi for the History of Madness and Psychiatry
With the start of the fall/winter university semester on the horizon in the United States and Europe, H-Madness will be… Read more Announcement: Course Syllabi for the History of Madness and Psychiatry
New Issue of Gesnerus
The most recent issue of Gesnerus contains several articles related to the history of psychiatry. Titles, authors and abstracts are listed… Read more New Issue of Gesnerus
Review – Daniel Beer, Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880-1930. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008
In his book “Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880-1930,” Daniel Beer argues that Russian… Read more Review – Daniel Beer, Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880-1930. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008