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Mods and their scooters, Manchester 1965































A new piece in Psychoanalysis and History will interest AHP readers: “René Spitz’s Empty Frames: ‘Hospitalism’, Screen Analysis and the Birth of Infant Psychiatry,” by Katie Joice. Abstract: This article casts light on the origins of infant psychiatry by taking a new, interdisciplinary approach to the work of psychoanalyst and film-maker René Spitz. Focusing on … Continue reading René Spitz’s Empty Frames: ‘Hospitalism’, Screen Analysis and the Birth of Infant Psychiatry →






A group of alcoholics and drug addicts undergoing Vladimir Bekhterev’s hypnotherapeutic treatment



The Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in 2017.