Stories
- Article
Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
Catalogue
- Journals
Psychosomatic medicine.
Date: 1939-- Archives and manuscripts
'American Army'
Date: 1918-1919Reference: PSY/SPE/1/2/24Part of: Spearman, Charles Edward (1863-1945)- Archives and manuscripts
British Psychological Society Archive
British Psychological Society (est.1901)Date: 1891-2005Reference: PSY/BPS- Archives and manuscripts
Strangeways Research Laboratory
Strangeways, T.S.P., 1866-1926.Date: c.1901-1999Reference: SA/SRL- Books
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Marriage and inequality in Chinese society / edited by Rubie S. Watson, Patricia Buckley Ebrey.
Date: [1991], ©1991