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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

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Martin Sixsmith examines what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

Martin Sixsmith presents a history of psychology and seeks to understand what makes us think, feel and act the way we do.

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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind: The Cuckoo's Nest

29/04/2014

The Cuckoo's Nest

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How doctors took over the treatment of the mentally ill.

From the late 18th century, the treatment of mentally ill people passed from church to doctors. With Martin Sixsmith. From April 2014.

From the late Eighteenth Century, the treatment - or containment - of mentally ill people was taken out of the hands of the church and into the hands of doctors. 

Martin talks to psychiatrist Professor Tom Burns about changing models of treatment and to Joanna Moncrieff, author of The Myth of the Chemical Cure.


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