The recently published November 2022 issue of the Social History of Medicine journal includes two articles that may interest to h-madness readers. The titles,… Read more Journal: Social History of Medicine (November 2022)
Tag: forensic psychiatry
Article: Sensitive, Indifferent or Labile: Psychopathy and Emotions in Finnish Forensic Psychiatry, 1900s–1960s, by Katariina Parhi
The article “Sensitive, Indifferent or Labile: Psychopathy and Emotions in Finnish Forensic Psychiatry 1900s–1960s” by Katariina Parhi (in open access)… Read more Article: Sensitive, Indifferent or Labile: Psychopathy and Emotions in Finnish Forensic Psychiatry, 1900s–1960s, by Katariina Parhi
Book: Le bagne des fous, by Véronique Fau-Vincenti
This new book by Véronique Fau-Vincenti examines the history of the forensic institution at the asylum of Villejuif, where 2.500… Read more Book: Le bagne des fous, by Véronique Fau-Vincenti
New Book: Greg Eghigian, The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in 20th Century Germany
Greg Eghigian – Associate Professor of Modern History at Penn State University and co-editor of h-madness – has just published… Read more New Book: Greg Eghigian, The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in 20th Century Germany
The Controversial Diagnosis of “Excited Delirium”
Journalist Justin Jouvenal has written an article for The Washington Post examining the debate swirling around a syndrome dubbed “excited… Read more The Controversial Diagnosis of “Excited Delirium”
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