New book– “The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, his Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing” (Damion Searls)

In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach designed an experiment to penetrate the human mind: a set of ten thoroughly designed inkblots. For many years he had come to grips with the theories of Freud and Jung while likewise absorbing the …

See all stories on this subject New Problem– History of Psychiatry

The March 2017 concern of History of Psychiatry is now out. Chris Philo and Jonathan Andrews, as guest editors, have assembled an unique issue entitled Histories of asylums, madness and psychiatry in Scotland. “Introduction: histories of asylums, madness …