Archive for April 2023

Diet quality and eating behaviors of college-attending young adults with food addiction

Prevalence and outcomes of rapidly progressive dementia: a retrospective cohort study in a neurologic unit in China

Overcoming challenges in adherence and engagement digital interventions: The development of the ALGEApp for chronic pain management

988 It is Not Just a Number Webinar #1

“In an ideal world that would be a multiagency service because you need everybody’s expertise.” Managing hoarding disorder: A qualitative investigation of existing procedures and practices

Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)

Prisons of Debt: The Afterlives of Incarcerated Fathers

A scoping review of digital workplace wellness interventions in low- and middle-income countries

An Integrative Review of Sistah Circles in Empirical Research

Opioid use-related stigma and health care decision-making.

Social interaction can function as a reinforcer for dogs: Effects of stimulus duration and session parameters

The double burden of maldistribution: a descriptive analysis of corporate wealth and income distribution in four unhealthy commodity industries

How Data Analysis Helped California State University Make an Important Decision

Measurement invariance and other psychometric properties of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP-2R) across racial groups in adults experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder.

Impact of discrimination and coping on Veterans’ willingness to seek treatment for physical and mental health problems.

Uncertainty in complex healthcare settings – The need for a comprehensive approach

‘Picture imperfect’: the motives and uses of patient photography in the asylum

History of Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
In the nineteenth century, photography became common in psychiatric asylums. Although patient photographs were produced in large numbers, their original purpose and use are unclear. Journals, newspaper archives and Medical Superintendents’ notes from the period 1845–1920 were analysed to understand the reasons behind the practice. This revealed: (1) empathic motivation: using photography to understand the mental condition and aid treatment; (2) therapeutic focus on biological processes: using photography to detect biological pathologies or phenotypes; and (3) eugenics: using photography to recognise hereditary insanity, aimed at preventing transmission to future generations. This reveals a conceptual move from empathic intentions and psychosocial understandings to largely biological and genetic explanations, providing context for contemporary psychiatry and the study of heredity.

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