Cool Psychiatrist. A Scary and Amusing History of Psychiatry

Madness emerged long before psychiatry became an independent discipline as you see it today. But attempts to fix the mind were already being made back then, in ancient times. Don't believe it? Start reading - and I promise you won't be able to stop until you've turned the last page. The history of psychiatry simply cannot be boring - and you will convince yourself of that!

The author, Maxim Malyavin, has been in psychiatry for over a quarter of a century. He is well-known in Runet, and together with his wife Oksana, also a psychiatrist, he runs the "Blog of Kind Psychiatrists" on LiveJournal. He is also the creator and host of the project "Find Your Psychiatrist". Furthermore, he is the author of a considerable number of psychiatric anecdotes, as well as the popular guide "Psychiatry for Samovars and Dummies". And one more thing... just a secret: Do you know the Pacific Ocean? He calmed it down!