For centuries the development of psychiatry was shaped by social norms, political climates, and legal frameworks. This block of podcasts examines psychiatry’s relationship with the law, both from a sufferer’s point of… Read more »
What do the doctors of tomorrow think about mental illness and psychiatric care? Rab Houston reflects on a recent visit to a leading Scottish medical school. A couple of weeks… Read more »
The place of nursing staff in psychiatric care past (and present) remains under-researched. Yet patients’ day-to-day lives were profoundly affected by those in regular contact with them. Until formal training… Read more »
A landmark in the formation of psychiatry came in the middle of the twentieth century. After centuries of sometimes heated disagreements between practitioners, professional associations and non-governmental bodies developed criterion-based… Read more »
In this week’s podcast, we return to mental medicine, setting out the forces behind the emergence of psychiatry: the rise of asylums, professional associations, research publications, and specialist training. These… Read more »
The structure of mental health medicine I outlined last time is a late twentieth century innovation. Until the mid-nineteenth century it is probably better to talk, not of a stratified… Read more »