An eating disorder is not usually a phase, and it is not necessarily indicative of madness. It is quite maddening, granted, not only for the loved ones of the eating disordered person, but also for the person herself. It is, at the most basic level, a...

Social psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorder and mental wellbeing. It involves a sometimes disparate set of theories and approaches, with work stretching from epidemiological...

Surfacing Up: Psychiatry and Social Order in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1908-1968. By Lynette A. Jackson. Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry. Sander Gilman and George Makari, eds. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005. Pp. xxi, 230; 12 illustrations. $55.00/£31.50 cloth, $24.95/ £14.50 paper. This...

The Social Causes of Psychosis in North American Psychiatry: A Review of a Disappearing Literature Objective: To review the North American literature with respect to the role of social factors in the etiology of psychosis, including schizophrenia. Method: Relevant publications were identified...