Histoire des disciplines psy

History of ‘Psy’ Disciplines: Psychiatry, Mental Health, and Neuroscience

CHSTM PhD Workshop  

12 March

https://blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2026/02/23/history-of-psy-disciplines/

09:15 – 09:30 Registration 

09:30 – 10:15 Welcome and Introductory Session 

10:15 – 10:50 Imbalance in the Immune Mind: A New Paradigm for Understanding EnergyLimiting Conditions? Sally Cross (University of Manchester) 

10:50 – 11:15 Coffee Break 

11:15 – 12:25 Decolonising the Rural Thai Mind: Ghosts, Spirits, the Buddha, and Transcultural Psychiatry During the Cold War Krittapak Ngamvaseenont (University of Manchester) 

 In Stitching and in Health Janet Connett (Manchester Metropolitan University) 

12:25 – 13:30 Lunch 

13:30 – 14:30 Local Authorities and Mental Health Services: Northwest England after the Introduction of the NHS, 1946–1974 Leonie Chesworth (Manchester Metropolitan University) 

 Confidentiality, Sensitivity, and the UK GDPR: The Ethics of Using Psychotherapeutic Files for Historical Research Emmay Deville (University of Warwick) 

14:30 – 14:50 Tea Break 

14:50 – 16:00 The Rise of Medical Psychiatrists on the BBC after World War Two Deborah Cohen (University of Birmingham) 

 Mind and Media in Post-War Britain: Leucotomy on the BBC, c. 1948–1952 Megan Bridgeland (University of Manchester)