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How we decide what to buy for the RCPsych Library
Find out how we collaborate to decide what to buy for the College Library's collections.
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An Anniversary: London Medical Students at Belsen 75 Years Ago
On the anniversary of the liberation of Belsen concentration camp, a special blog to commemorate the work of the medical students who worked with the weakest of those incarcerated.
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Psychiatric care and the 1918 flu pandemic by Dr Claire Hilton
Dr Claire Hilton the College's Historian in Residence discusses psychiatric care around the time of the 1918 pandemic.
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Mesmerism, hypnotism and animal magnetism
A blog post about the College's rare books and the history of medical hypnotism.
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The first College Witness Seminar: Psychiatry in the 1960s
A blog post about the College's first Witness Seminar, an oral history event about psychiatry in the 1960s.
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A psychiatrist who revelled in controversy - Charles Mercier by Dr Claire Hilton
A blog which remembers Charles Arthur Mercier, 100 years after his death.
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If not for Dr Henry Rollin...
A blog post about the psychiatrist in the portrait by the Library.
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Extremes of Normal: Status Lymphaticus and DSM-5 by Dr Claire Hilton
A glimpse into the history of socially constructed mental disorders and symptoms that have since been removed from the DSM 5.
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Which psychiatrist did Bram Stoker draw on for ‘Dracula’?
A blog post about Bram Stoker's real life inspiration for his psychiatrist.
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Balancing the Books: Donations and Better World Books
A blog post about the College Library's collaboration with Better World Books and how we manage donations
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From 'asylum' to 'hospital' - an early move towards parity of esteem? By Dr Claire Hilton
A short history of attempts to replace the term 'asylum' with 'hospital' and the Historian in Residence's comment on to why this may have taken so long to achieve.
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Alexander Walk and the Gaskell Club
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The College Incunable - De Proprietatibus Rerum
A blog post about the RCPsych's incunable De Proprietatibus Rerum.
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