is Associate Professor of Modern History and former Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Penn State University, University Park, Pa. He writes and teaches on the history of madness, mental illness, and mental health in the Western world.  He is the co-editor and author of numerous books, most recently F

rom Madness to Mental Health;  Psychiatric Disorder and its Treatment in Western Civilization

 (Rutgers University Press, 2010). He is co-editor of 

, a blog that follows the history of psychiatry.

Greg Eghigian, PhD, is Associate Professor of Modern History and former Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Penn State University, University Park, Pa. He writes and teaches on the history of madness, mental illness, and mental health in the Western world.  He is the co-editor and author of numerous books, most recently From Madness to Mental Health;  Psychiatric Disorder and its Treatment in Western Civilization (Rutgers University Press, 2010). He is co-editor of h-madness, a blog that follows the history of psychiatry.