The received medical wisdom of the 19th century was that assertive, ambitious women were unnatural, and therefore sick.

The treatment of mental illness has an unsavory history, and the cruelty inflicted upon the mentally ill in asylums throughout western history has been well-documented. However, in the 1700s and 1800s ...

During the late 1800s, mental health care was a dark and often terrifying world hidden behind the walls of asylums. Few dared to question what went on inside, but Nellie Bly, a courageous journalist, ...

I woke up this morning with a song in my head. It was Booker T and the MGs' "Time is Tight," a really catchy track that put me in the right frame of mind to start my day. Here in the UK, Booker T and ...