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Darwin sees the insane
Author(s) -
Gilman Sander L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197907)15:3<253::aid-jhbs2300150306>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - darwin (adl) , expression (computer science) , mentally ill , psychoanalysis , charles darwin , psychology , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology , darwinism , mental illness , computer science , mental health , programming language , software engineering
Charles Darwin's work on human and animal expression introduced this age‐old problem into psychological study. Darwin's interest in the expression of the mentally ill led him to correspond with J. Crichton Browne, a young psychiatrist, who supplied him with detailed materials concerning the insane as well as photographs of them.