On April 2nd 1836, Catherine Hogarth married Charles Dickens. Their marriage would be marked by wonderful moments of utmost happiness and irredeemable sadness. Throughout that time, she would go throu...Show More
The two extremes of mood, melancholy and mania, were first described by Hippocrates, who associated melancholia with an over abundance of black bile and mania with yellow bile. In the second century A...Show More
On 6th May 1946 Life Magazine published a devastating article on the state of mental institutions in the United States. Written by Albert Maisel, with photography by Jerry Cooke, Bedlam 1946 told of h...Show More
83 Beals Street in Boston is located in the affluent suburb of Brookline. It is a three story home with a balcony that overlooks the rest of the street. On Friday September 13th 1918, 28 year old moth...Show More
Explanations of mental health problems in terms of possession have taken many forms over the course of history, and it is a form of explanation that has meant that many who have been suffering debilit...Show More
On 22nd May 1826 Pringle Stokes set sail from Plymouth on a mission to chart the southern coast of South America. This expedition would mark his first official command of a ship and although ‘not prac...Show More
Sherman Hershfield was the medical director of the San Bernardino Community Hospital where he helped patients with debilitating brain injuries rebuild their lives. He had trained as a neurologist and ...Show More
