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Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. [1]
Alice Helen Anne Boyle (1869 – November 1957) [1] was an Irish-British physician and psychiatrist. [2] She was Brighton 's first female general practitioner, and the first female president of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association (now the Royal College of Psychiatrists). Boyle had a passion for helping women with mental illness in ...
Lunatic asylum. Social alienation was one of the main themes in Francisco Goya 's masterpieces, such as The Madhouse (above). The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital. Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved ...
She is best known as the founder of a mental health platform called Therapy for Black Girls, which includes a podcast of the same name, that specializes in mental health issues relevant to Black women. [144] Margaret Kuenne Harlow: 1918–1971 Developmental psychology [145] Judith Rich Harris: Molly Harrower: 1906–1999 Clinical psychology ...
Health. v. t. e. Historically, mental disorders have had three major explanations, namely, the supernatural, biological and psychological models. [1] For much of recorded history, deviant behavior has been considered supernatural and a reflection of the battle between good and evil. When confronted with unexplainable, irrational behavior and by ...
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist and pilot. [2] He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an important ...
History of Psychiatry. psychiatric medication and an ECT machine, in Berlin Museum of medical history. History of psychiatry is the study of the history of and changes in psychiatry, a medical specialty which diagnoses, prevents and treats mental disorders.
2000 National Medal of Science recipient, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Giorgio Antonucci. 1933–2017. Italian. Critic of the basis of psychiatry. David Ames. 1984. Australian. 2018 Order of Australia recipient for research in dementia and the mental health of older persons.