Author Archives: Morag Allan Campbell

The nineteenth century in Britain belongs to materialist or somatogenic interpretations of the causes of mental problems, founded on scientific advances in physiology. Rather than mind and body, medical writers… Read more »

The theme for this section of podcasts is the shifting balance between organic or somatic causes and mental or psychological ones. As new discoveries were made, physicians, scientists, and others… Read more »

Early modern Europe saw an unprecedented craze for hunting, prosecuting, and executing witches, tens of thousands of whom were burned. It was widely believed witches could manipulate evil forces to… Read more »

This week’s podcast explores the ways in which mental illness has been identified and described. The popular, vernacular, or ‘street’ vocabulary of mental dysfunction has always been remarkably rich, perhaps… Read more »