The received medical wisdom of the 19th century was that assertive, ambitious women were unnatural, and therefore sick.

The Madhouse, by Francisco de Goya. Source: Wikicommons Our understanding of mental illness has changed dramatically in recent times and is continuing to evolve. A look at the past can cast equal ...

"Most of the papers in these volumes arose from a seminar series on the history of psychiatry and a one-day seminar on the same theme held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London ...

For 47 years from 1915 to 1962, Morningside Psychiatric Hospital in Portland, Oregon, was the sole bidder to provide care for Alaskans who had been ordered committed as mentally ill. For all those ...

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