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In 1942, G. O. Chambers (visiting surgeon to the English prison system) attempted to outline the "psychology of the intentional swallower". Chambers...

Blog readers may be interested in (and may themselves wish to add) a little more comment on the “trope of the unmarried mother institutionalised...

We continue our look at why Bethlem has been located at its various sites throughout history.

In the Frame goes on holiday once again, this time to France.

With thanks to Dr Erin Sullivan of the Shakespeare Institute for writing this guest blog post.The writer Samuel Johnson once said that Robert...

In addition to the current exhibitions at the Bethlem Museum and Gallery, there are several events in London from this weekend focusing on the...

Find out more about the photographs of Henry Hering.

In December, we were lucky to have Dr David O’Flynn, consultant psychiatrist at the Lambeth and Maudsley Hospitals and Chair of the Adamson Collection...

This year's Art History in the Pub has so far focused on psychiatric history, and next week's (Monday 25 February) will look at Bethlem in particular...

My Singular Fascination, a solo exhibition of work by Visual Artist Liz Atkin, is on show at The Bethlem Gallery from 20 February to 15 March...

A recent international conference indicated the growing profile of the UCL Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines. The Centre aims...

This new thread is devoted to first-hand accounts of what it was like to have been admitted to a psychiatric hospital (‘sectioned’) under the UK Mental Health A