SPOTLIGHT -
May 26, 1925: The First Malariotherapy Trial in Australia
Treatment for "the scourge of psychiatry" involved malariotherapy-infecting the patient with malaria; the resulting high fevers were believed to kill off the syphilis organisms.
The Name “Schizophrenia” Is Heard Worldwide
This month in history: Determined to regard his patients as individuals, Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler sought to understand his patients and coined the term schizophrenia.
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
Pseudopatients and their discontents: an historical perspective.
