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.
- Article
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
- 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- 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- Books
Anxiety : a short history / Allan V. Horwitz.
Horwitz, Allan V.Date: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
'Psychology Survey 4'
Date: 1983-1984Reference: PSY/BPS/1/4/7/2/29Part of: British Psychological Society Archive