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Wikipedia, who’s really editing our favourite source?
A blog post about what it's like to edit Wikipedia and the positive and negative aspects of the largest reference source on the internet being an open collaboration.
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Reforming mental health law: learning from the past
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses some aspects of the current White Paper on Mental Health Act reform, in light of events a century ago...
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Latin lesson to inspire us today
Why it's important to record how mental healthcare is delivered and experienced now, for future generations.
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Women psychiatrists, 100 years ago by Dr Claire Hilton
Dr Claire Hilton the College's Historian in Residence discusses women in psychiatry a hundred years ago.
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What is the RCPsych Roll of Honour?
A blog post about the RCPsych roll of honour an online publication of office holders of the College since 1971, and people who have achieved excellence in their work in ...
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90 years ago: the Mental Treatment Act 1930 by Dr Claire Hilton
A blog post looking back on the introduction of the Mental Health Treatment Act 1930.
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Literature Searching: the Good, the Bad and the Epic Failures
A blog post about literature searching and how it can go dramatically wrong!
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A quick look at online archive resources on the history of the College
A blog post about the archive resources available to those researching the history of the College.
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Some notes for A House Through Time, BBC 2, Tuesday 2 June 2020, 9pm by Dr Claire Hilton
A blog post to complement the episode of A House Through Time, airing on BBC2 on the 2nd of June, 2020. Giving more information about mental health of William Henry ...
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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.
Claire Hilton
