History of Mental Health in the US
UMW Fall 2023
For my digital project, I plan on using WordPress to post the results of my research into how the treatment of PTSD has evolved from the Vietnam War to the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. I will investigate what factors contributed to the differences and similarities of PTSD as it is seen in veterans of …
Continue reading “PTSD in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Digital Project”
“Madness is a lot like gravity; all it takes is one little push.” – The Joker For my project, I am going to be analyzing how society can negatively influence a woman’s mental health. As a young woman myself, I am not blind to the different forms of oppression upon women; suggested body types, facial… Continue reading Project Approach
Week 8 – Due 10/14 https://castelfilm.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Cold-Mountain-160.jpg The types of enhancements I plan to use for my digital essay are: Links to Wiki and Civil War sites to define terms, provide additional in-depth information, and furnish statistical data . Still images that were taken during and after the American Civil War, the work of Mathew Brady …
This is a clip of an unnamed woman being administered 1/10 mg liquid LSD by Dr. Sidney Cohen. The womanContinue reading“I wish I could talk in technicolor”
Week #8 Here is the link to a recent article about this weeks topic: Also, this short video is a good summary of St. Elizabeths history:
Podcast on “Gender, Psychiatry, and Borderline Personality Disorder” https://digpodcast.org/2021/06/13/borderline-personality-disorder/
I recently watched this movie with a friend and it made me realize how dangerous over-dramatization of mental illness, asylums, and treatment is. The movie is centered around a psychiatrist who goes insane herself after a traumatic experience with a patient. The movie really hones in on the stereotype of mentally ill people being inherently… Continue reading The Movie Clinical
This short video provides some background knowledge of the events leading up to the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. When young women began to have “fits” and behaved strangely, Puritan doctors deemed that there was no medical reason for their ailments, so they must be under a witch’s possession. Their symptoms included seizures, hallucinations, pain […]
In Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen dedicated two chapters of her book defining Borderline Personality Disorder and breaking down the diagnosis. Although she gives a good example of the disorder, I wanted to find out more about personality disorders in general. A great place to start is Crash Couse, an education Youtube Channel run by famous […]
When sifting through sources to find out more about Dorothea Dix’s background, I stumbled upon this New York Times article titled, “Flowers of New England.” It is a piece from a book titled Three Wise Virgins, and wove together the st…
