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h-madness

This blog follows the history of psychiatry

Tag: Mental Illness

Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought by Chiara Thumiger

Posted on December 4, 2023 by lenamoneme

This new book will interest h-madness readers : Phrenitis is ubiquitous in ancient medicine and philosophy. Galen mentions the disease… Read more Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought by Chiara Thumiger

Book: Mad with Freedom. The Political Economy of Blackness, Insanity, and Civil Rights in the U.S. South, 1840–1940

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Eva Andersen

The book Mad with Freedom. The Political Economy of Blackness, Insanity, and Civil Rights in the U.S. South, 1840–1940 by… Read more Book: Mad with Freedom. The Political Economy of Blackness, Insanity, and Civil Rights in the U.S. South, 1840–1940

Article: Seeing Madness in the Archives, by Ariel Mae Lambe

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Eva Andersen

The article “Seeing Madness in the Archives” by Ariel Mae Lambe could be of interest to h-madness users. The abstract… Read more Article: Seeing Madness in the Archives, by Ariel Mae Lambe

Book: Desperate remedies, by Andrew Scull

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Eva Andersen

The new book “Desperate remedies. Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness” by Andrew Scull could be of interest to… Read more Book: Desperate remedies, by Andrew Scull

Film series: Mysteries of Mental Illness

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Eva Andersen

Pangloss Films recently completed a four-hour series Mysteries of Mental Illness which airs across two evenings on PBS this Tuesday and Wednesday from 9-11 pm eastern… Read more Film series: Mysteries of Mental Illness

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