Gordon Bates

Child Psychiatrist and writer

[History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group @rcpsychHoPSIG]

Register now for Defying Prognosis – How Integrative Oncology can teach us more about Health and the Meaning of Life. Gordon Bates will be providing an historical slant https://t.co/xW74Pu6r82

[Gordon Bates @GordonDLBates]

Paperback edition of The Uncanny Rise of Medical Hypnotism is published. Incredible stories of Victorian gentlemen using hypnotism to heal and explore the soul

[Past Medical History @PastMedHistory]

A photo of an asylum patient, taken by the notable psychiatrist Hugh Welch Diamond (circa 1850-1858). Diamond was an early British psychiatrist and photographer who made a major contribution to the craft of psychiatric photography. #histmed #histpsych #historyofmedicine

[History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group @rcpsychHoPSIG]

A new Halloween Blog from the Historian in Residence
https://t.co/IhxE7cyPT6

[History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group @rcpsychHoPSIG]

Fascinating reflections on ADHD in history: Does Fidgety Phil really have ADHD?
https://t.co/q5fmRyYsFL

[Graham Morgan @GrahamM23694298]

Got this through the post today by @FemiMind I didn't even know there was such a thing as medical humanities! Fascinating! Already so many books mentioned that I want to read!

[History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group @rcpsychHoPSIG]

The College houses an archival collection which has some incredible artefacts including this 1938 letter from Sigmund Freud. He gives thanks for the welcome from the Medico-Psychological Association (the former name of the RCPsych)
My thanks to Francis Maunze and Fiona Watson

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@brithistmed Thanks to BSHM for reviewing my book

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@EdinPublishing @FemiMind @RoySocMed @BSCAH1 Fascinating stories about the early histories of hypnosis and psychology @profrog, @RhodriHayward

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@IAmCaseStephens Try Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley. I’m welling up just thinking about it

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@TheProfRog I couldn’t have done it without your help. Thank you

[Roger Luckhurst @TheProfRog]

Just hosted one of these for like 5 hours.

[Gordon Bates @GordonDLBates]

@TheProfRog I was given one for Christmas and wondered why it was so well written