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
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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
Book: Prendre soin de la folie : Les infirmières et infirmiers psychiatriques dans le monde francophone, by Alexandre Klein and Marie-Claude Thifault (dir.)
Dear Hmadness readers, We are pleased to announce the release of the book Les infirmières et infirmiers psychiatriques dans le… Read more Book: Prendre soin de la folie : Les infirmières et infirmiers psychiatriques dans le monde francophone, by Alexandre Klein and Marie-Claude Thifault (dir.)
Conference: Les clichés de la folie: usages de la photographie en psychiatrie (XIXe–XXIe siècles), Paris (20–21 November 2025)
Dear Hmadness readers, We are happy to share the programme of the international conference Pictures of madness: uses of photography… Read more Conference: Les clichés de la folie: usages de la photographie en psychiatrie (XIXe–XXIe siècles), Paris (20–21 November 2025)