A couple of things spurred me to write this post. First, in a matter of days (and along with colleagues Vicky Long and Despo Kritsotaki), I will be submitting a book proposal on the history of ...
Those living in Armagh may have a cursory familiarity with the history of St Luke's Hospital on the Loughgall Road as a ...
This year, I taught a brand-new class on the history of the psychiatric asylum with my colleague, Dr Hannah Proctor. "Bedlam ...
Delve into the chilling history of historic mental asylums, where dark nightmares became reality. From barbaric treatments to the rise of psychotropic medication, witness the evolution of mental ...
April 17, 1871 - The Nebraska Asylum for the Insane burned to the ground on April 17, 1871. Ten people escaped the night of the fire, and at least one patient died. The other patients left homeless by ...