In August 1889, an English woman named Charlotte S. experienced a depressive episode marked by religious delusions. Convinced there “was […]
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In August 1889, an English woman named Charlotte S. experienced a depressive episode marked by religious delusions. Convinced there “was […]
Before professional medical care became widely available, mental illness was often viewed as a personal malady with social impacts. Mental […]
Sarah Swedberg is a lifelong activist who engaged in anti-apartheid, AIDS, and anti-war activism in the 1980s and continues to […]
In 1921 a burglar called the “Laughing Eel” began serving a ten-year prison term, but it was 33 years before […]
In May 2011, British Lance Corporal Liam Culverhouse assaulted his seven-week-old daughter, resulting in severe brain damage and fractures to […]
November 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. As historian and Nursing Clio writer […]
On February 15, 2018, President Donald Trump spoke about the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, […]
Just over a year after having the third-ever Medal of Honor pinned on his uniform for surviving months of retributive […]
In February of 1915, a fifty-five year old woman, who we will call Ella, was admitted to London’s Colney Hatch […]
At first, it seemed impossible that Gypsy Rose Blancharde had murdered her mother. Dee Dee appeared to be her daughter’s […]