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Psychiatry and medically assisted dying: What has it got to do with us? Where are we up to?
Dr Jane Whittaker writes about the history of assisted dying and discusses the complexities psychiatrists face when thinking about it as a possibility today.
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Pioneers of Mental Health Care at Glenside Hospital Museum and the History of Psychiatry Conference
Claire Royal from the Glenside Hospital in Bristol writes about some pioneers of mental health care who are featured at the museum. The museum will soon host the RCPsych History ...
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Would you like your malaria by infected blood injection or directly from the mosquito?
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new item in the College Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a reproduction of a malaria jar complete with fake mosquito.
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Good for their memory and good for your soul: the art of the obituary
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the College's work on obituaries and offers some advice for authors.
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Gheel, ou une colonie d'alienes: lacks title page and imprint
A blog post about unusual model of mental health care in the town of Geel and a book in the College's antiquarian collection.
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Mental hospital modernisation: train waggons and a salutary story
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new item in the College Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a miniature coal train waggon with Napsbury Mental Hospital written on ...
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Radio hypnotic crystals, mail-order psychology and ‘Professor’ Elmer Prather
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence writes about Elmer Prather, his wife Abigail Prather and their correspondence courses in psychology and radio-hynotic crystals.
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The Broadmoor Clinical Reference Library
A blog post about the books donated to the College from the old Broadmoor Clinical Reference Library.
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A cabinet of curiosities
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new College Cabinet of Curiosities.
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Halloween: Werewolves, hydrophobia and clinical lycanthropy
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence writes at the time of Halloween about the origins of werewolves and hydrophobia.
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The RCPsych Archives: We don’t want your money!
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the College Archive and how people can donate.
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Redheaded Women, Victorian Psychiatry and Hypnotism (Part 2): Facts and Popular Fiction
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence and Janette Leaf write about stigma against people with red hair that has persisted through history. This blog post looks at how ...
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Red hair, Celtic heritage and medical stereotyping I: Men
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence and Janette Leaf write about stigma against people with red hair that has persisted through history. This blog looks at how these ...
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Forgotten Women in Psychiatry: Jessie Murray (1867-1920)
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence writes about the achievements of Jessie Margaret Murry.
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Wills: should we destroy them?
Dr Peter Carpenter discusses the government's plans to digitise and destroy the physical copies of wills more than 25 years old.
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January, the Past and Fresh Starts
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence discusses the role of RCPsych Historian in Residence.
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A mysterious diagnosis in 1920…
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence discusses the case of Katherine Armstrong in 1920, which inspired Agatha Christie and the Dandelion Poisoner.
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Through the decades: A deep dive through 75 years of NHS history
From the National Health Service Act to the recent election of Dr Lade Smith as the College’s newest President, we explore the history of psychiatry within the NHS and its ...
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Liverpool and the Power of Suggestion: Alfred Betts Taplin and the Psycho-Therapeutic Institute
Dr Gordon Bates discusses the history of psychotherapeutics in Liverpool, including the Liverpool Psycho-Therapeutic Institution (LPI) and Alfred Betts Taplin.
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Francis Galton: Narrative of an explorer in the human sciences
In the context of the College's exhibition on the legacies of eugenics, John Hall summarises the life and work of Francis Galton who coined the term eugenics.
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