Dear H-Madness readers, You may be interested in the recently published article “The best representative of Russian psychiatry”: Remembering Sergey… Read more Article: “The best representative of Russian psychiatry”: Remembering Sergey Korsakov in Russian and Soviet psychiatry, 1900–1954, by Mikhail Pogorelov
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International Symposium: Frantz Fanon’s Social Therapy. ‘To Give Body to an Institution’ (Berlin, January 29–30, 2026)
Dear readers, You may be interested in the international symposium “Frantz Fanon’s Social Therapy. ‘To Give Body to an Institution’”,… Read more International Symposium: Frantz Fanon’s Social Therapy. ‘To Give Body to an Institution’ (Berlin, January 29–30, 2026)
Articles: Bridging the gap by microscoping the mind: Mental anthropometry, experimental psychopathology, and the scientific ideal of psychiatry at the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, 1870s–1910s, by Catriel Fierro & Malaria therapy for neurosyphilis at Mont Park Hospital for the insane in Australia, 1927–1928, by Alison Clayton
Dear Hadmess readers, two new articles recently published in the journal History of Psychiatry may be of interest to you.… Read more Articles: Bridging the gap by microscoping the mind: Mental anthropometry, experimental psychopathology, and the scientific ideal of psychiatry at the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, 1870s–1910s, by Catriel Fierro & Malaria therapy for neurosyphilis at Mont Park Hospital for the insane in Australia, 1927–1928, by Alison Clayton
Special issue: The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs journal (Fall 2025)
Dear Hmadness readers, the new issue of the Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, devoted to psychiatry and addiction in… Read more Special issue: The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs journal (Fall 2025)
Book: Encres, traces, papiers. L’art d’écrire à l’Asile de Marsens, 1875 – 1900, by Jessica Schüpbach
Dear Hmadness readers, the book Encres, traces, papiers. L’art d’écrire à l’Asile de Marsens, 1875–1900 by Jessica Schüpbach might be… Read more Book: Encres, traces, papiers. L’art d’écrire à l’Asile de Marsens, 1875 – 1900, by Jessica Schüpbach