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It’s a dirty move when a romantic partner tries to shut down an argument by calling you crazy, and it’s downright dangerous when people in politics start doing it. The language of mental illness is ...

The Greeks had a word for it: “hysterics.” They got the word from hystera, meaning womb, and they thought the trouble began when the womb strayed from its proper place. Naturally, they did not see how ...

One of the most arresting features of Asti Hustvedt's Medical Muses is its photographs. Taken in the psychiatric ward of the Salpetriere Hospital during the regime of neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, ...