This article comes after our discussion of PTSD and it follows the life and recent death of Maj. Ian Fishback.Continue readingMaj. Ian Fishback
Author Archives: Janis Shurtleff
Ratched: What’s changed since 1975
2020’s Ratched serves as a prequel to the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by presenting the villainContinue readingRatched: What’s changed since 1975
LSD history
About This is my website on the history of LSD use in America in the 1960s and the damage causedContinue readingLSD history
Prescribed Reality
Trigger Warning: Discussion of wartime trauma This article is a good bridge between our discussion this week and my ownContinue readingPrescribed Reality
Psychedelia Documentary
This is a trailer for the film Psychedelia: The History and Science of Mystical Experience. The film traces the originsContinue readingPsychedelia Documentary
“I wish I could talk in technicolor”
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”
Bly, Winters, & Ratched
The mental health related show I will be using during week 12 is 2020’s Ratchet starring Sarah Paulson and created
1960’s & the psychedelic debate
For my project I will be focusing on the therapeutic use of psychedelics as discovered during the 1960s and the
Surgery of the Soul: LPOTL Lobotomy
https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/episodes/2020/6/19/episode-414-lobotomies-part-ii-assistant-to-the-bone-slicer This is an episode from the true crime comedy podcast Last Podcast on the Left. This is the second
Virginia Asylum’s Racist Records
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/black-asylum-files-reveal-racism/2021/03/26/ebfb2eda-6d78-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html This is a short and informative article that highlights the importance of studying the history of mental institutions as
