My approach for my digital project this semester will be a digitally enhanced essay. The goal of my essay will be to research how the United States responded to the massive increase of mental health issues in post World War I America. This includes how the public reacted to these new issues as well as […]
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Digital Project
For my project, I will be focusing on “Cures” for Autism. using the form of a Powerpoint I will look at the history of Autism itself, treatments, reactions, the search for a cure, and whether it is needed or not. My powerpoint will use pictures when needed and videos that could work in it, if …
Perception of Shell Shock
For my resource blog post this week I chose this meme about trauma and shell shock after the Great War. This relates to my digital project this semester because the stigma around shell shock being an excuse was prominent in the military. This stigma was profound amongst the highest ranks as is seen in this […]
Project Approach
For my project, I plan on creating a digitally enhanced essay on PTSD in students who have survived school shootings. I will be focusing on three different shootings for the project: Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Parkland. I will be researching how the topic of PTSD in school shooting victims has changed over time. My research …
Explanation of my semester project for HIST 471
For my US History of Mental Health project for this semester, I will be writing a digitally enhanced essay. The essay will be on how the APA’s removal of homosexuality as a mental illness was a purely political move. Instead of it being more based on psychiatric research. The among the sources of my paper …
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Project Approach for Elizabeth Packard
For the digitally enhanced project I am going to utilize WordPress and essentially create a website about my research on Elizabeth Packard. It will include my thesis along with a short summary about Elizabeth Packard’s life. From there, I will use both secondary and primary sources to create different tabs that will organize my research.… Continue reading Project Approach for Elizabeth Packard
More From Martin Summers
This week in History of Mental Health in the U.S. we have been reading and discussing Martin Summer’s Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Race and Mental Illness in the Nation’s Capital. After some research into the…
More From Martin Summers
This week in History of Mental Health in the U.S. we have been reading and discussing Martin Summer’s Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Race and Mental Illness in the Nation’s Capital. After some research into the…
A Short Documentary on John Nash
For my digitally enhanced project for History of US Mental Health, I decided pretty early on that I wanted to create a short video documentary on my topic. Most of my sources for this project are videos, interviews, and documentaries surrounding John …
A Short Documentary on John Nash
For my digitally enhanced project for History of US Mental Health, I decided pretty early on that I wanted to create a short video documentary on my topic. Most of my sources for this project are videos, interviews, and documentaries surrounding John …
