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Interview: Eghigian on the History of Madness [PDF]
As mentioned in an earlier post, Greg Eghigian has just published From Madness to Mental Health: Psychiatric Disorder and its Treatment in Western Civilization (Rutgers University Press).
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In stable governments, different public institutions are responsible for containing madness on the margins of society. In the light of normative concepts, madness would be the opposite of reason. However, when the State itself is the source of psychosis,
Aurélia Mouzet
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From Madness to Mental Health [PDF]
Available beginning February 15, this anthology of primary sources chronicles the history of madness and psychiatry in western civilization, from ancient Israel to contemporary randomized clinical trials.
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Mad or mad-mad: conveying subtle emotion with face emoji
Introduction: To compensate for the lack of pragmatic information available when communicating via text message, texters make frequent use of texting-specific cues, or textisms, to convey meaning that would otherwise be apparent in spoken conversation. Here, we explore how one such cue, face emoji, can impact the interpretation of text messages.Methods:
Sri Siddhi N. Upadhyay +2 more
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Bedlam in mind: seeing and reading historical images of madness [PDF]
In this article I explore mythical Bedlam of popular imaginings. London's Bethlem Hospital was for centuries a unique institution caring for the insane and its alter ego 'Bedlam' influenced popular stereotypes of insanity. For instance, while the type
Cross, S
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CFP - International Health Humanities Conference 2010 “Madness and Literature” [PDF]
1ST INTERNATIONAL HEALTH HUMANITIES CONFERENCE 2010 “Madness and Literature” The Institute of Mental Health is hosting The 1st International Health Humanities Conference at The University of Nottingham, UK from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th AUGUST 2010.
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Into the Deep End: From Madness-as-Strategy to Madness-as-Right
A central notion in Mad Pride activism is that “madness is a natural reaction” (Curtis et al. 2000, 22). In Madness: A Philosophical Exploration (2022), Justin Garson provides a compelling exploration and defence of this idea through the book’s central ...
Miguel Núñez de Prado-Gordillo
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Strategy, Pyrrhonian Scepticism and the Allure of Madness
Justin Garson introduces the distinction between two views on Madness we encounter again and again throughout history: Madness as dysfunction, and Madness as strategy.
Sofia Jeppsson, Paul Lodge
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A Mad King in a Mad World: The Death of Cambyses in Herodotus
This paper advances a theological interpretation of the madness, downfall, and death of the Herodotean Cambyses, understood as divine retribution for the king’s slaying of Apis, the supreme violation of Egyptian nomoi.
Brian D. Mcphee
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