Monthly Archives: May 2017

The first episode in our new podcast series – The Voice of the Mad – will be broadcast on Tuesday June 27th. This second series, which comprises 26 podcasts, uses… Read more »

We’d love to hear what you thought of the podcasts, and here’s your chance to let us know. We’ve put together a short questionnaire to get your feedback, and if… Read more »

Today’s podcast brings us to the end of Series 1 in the History of Psychiatry podcast series. In the space of 44 episodes, we have explored psychiatry from its very… Read more »

Historians may find it easier than clinicians or scientists to write compassionately about sufferers from mental problems, especially as they are writing about those who are long dead. Unhindered by… Read more »

History shows us where we have been. Yet the lessons it offers are not simply examples of what to emulate and what to avoid. Some time back, the archivist of… Read more »

This week, May 8th – 14th, is Mental Health Awareness Week.  In this blog post, Rab explains how the podcast series has aimed to help increase awareness of mental health… Read more »

With only two more podcasts to go in this first series on the history of psychiatry, we can start to look ahead to a second series which we will begin to… Read more »

When we talk about psychiatry and its history we delve deeply into all aspects of human life: mind and body, emotions and experiences, thoughts and moods, the self and others,… Read more »