history – A New Vision for Mental Health

The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Editorial 26th May 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Thomas Dixon. The publishers say: “Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous outbursts but also culturally learned performances. They are intimate…
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books, Culture & Society, emotions, history, subjectivity, Thomas Dixon

Madness in Civilization: The Cultural History of Insanity

Author: Editorial 4th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Prof. Andrew Scull. The publishers say: “The loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the common-sense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that can seize hold of some of us:…
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Andrew Scull, Culture & Society, history, history of psychiatry, insanity, madness

AM I NORMAL?

Author: Editorial 28th July 2022 0 Comments

This book – subtitled “The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)” – has been written by Sarah Cheney. The publishers say: “Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was…
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anxiety, books, Culture & Society, history, normality, Sarah Cheney, wellbeing

Narrative Medicine: The Use of History and Story in the Healing Process

Author: Editorial 10th May 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona. Its contents are relevant to both mental and biophysical healthcare. The publishers say: “Seeks to restore the pivotal role of the patient’s own story in the healing processShows how conventional medicine tends…
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books, client uniqueness, history, indigenous cultures, indigenous healers, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, listening, narrative, New Approaches, Person-Centered Healthcare, personal narrative, story-telling

The forgotten history of autism

Author: Editorial 27th January 2020 0 Comments

This 14-minute video (see below) features Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity . The producers say: “Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the…
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autism, autistic spectrum, Hans Asperger, history, history of psychiatry, Steve Silberman, TED Talk, videos

Emotion Researcher: History and Beyond

Author: Editorial 19th September 2018 0 Comments

The Emotion Researcher is the sourcebook (of the International Society for Research on Emotion ) for research on emotion and affect. Writing in the Editors’ Column of the Emotion Researcher, Carolyn Price & Eric A. Walle say that: “Emotions (you may not be surprised to hear!) have a…
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Carolyn Price, classics, emotions, Emotions Researcher, Eric Walle, history, history of emotions, International Society for Research on Emotion, ISRE, philosophy

The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine

Author: Editorial 10th September 2018 0 Comments

Although only some of its content is directly relevant to the field of mental health, this book is very well worth reading … especially in relation to its look at the development of pharmaceutical drugs and (separately) the three main areas…
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books, gene therapy, genetic engineering, genetic screening, Genetics, history, James Le Fanu, medicine, pharmaceutical drugs

Coercion in Community Mental Health Care: International Perspectives

Author: Editorial 12th July 2018 0 Comments

Coercion in Community Mental Health Care: International Perspectives, July 2016, edited by Andrew Molodynski, Jorun Rugkåsa and Tom Burns … The publishers say: “The use of coercion is one of the defining issues of mental health care. Since the earliest…
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anthropology, books, coercion, coercive psychiatry, community mental healthcare, history, law, medicine, sociology

This Way Madness Lies – the asylum and beyond

Author: Editorial 27th April 2018 0 Comments

This Way Madness Lies , by Mike Jay, explores the meaning of madness, or mental illness, through the prism of the institution that defined it: the asylum. Combining the perspectives of doctors and patients, artists, social commentators and reformers, it tells the story of…
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asylum, books, Culture & Society, history, Mike Jay

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

Author: Editorial 26th February 2018 0 Comments

In this book (a 1964 abridged edition of a book published in 1961) Michel Foucault: “… examines the archaeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 – from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part…
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18th century, books, Culture & Society, history, insanity, Mad Studies, madness, Michel Foucault, Middle Ages