Stories
- 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.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- 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.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
Catalogue
- Books
A critical history of schizophrenia / Kieran McNally, Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland.
McNally, KieranDate: 2016- Archives and manuscripts
'Galton - history of psychology'
Date: 1961Reference: PSY/KEN/6/2Part of: Kenna, John Corbett- Archives and manuscripts
Burke, N.H.M. and Miller, E. (1929) "Child mental hygiene - its history, methods and problems". British Journal of Medical Psychology 9(3), 218-242.
Date: 1929Reference: PP/LOW/E/19Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
Lithium - Lundbeck
Date: 1948-1985Reference: PP/MLV/C/12/6Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Books
Early phases of medical psychology ; history of the society ; post war planning ; active psychotherapy in war-time ; the approach to the patient ; analysis under hypnotics / Sir Walter Langdon-Brown and Drs. O.H. Woodcock, Alexander Baldie, Wilhelm Stekel, Allan Worsley, Culver Barker, H.V. Dicks, Ellis Stungo.
Date: 1943