{"id":20950,"date":"2021-05-20T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=20950"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:10:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:10:42","slug":"nlm-collections-tour-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2021\/05\/20\/nlm-collections-tour-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Collection Tour: Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical materials in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collection. Today we are featuring materials about mental health.<\/p>\n

These materials document the history of social and scientific efforts to understand mental illness and support people and communities in maintaining mental health. They preserve stories\u2014of people who struggled with mental illness, of the impact on mental health of historical events, and of changes in understanding and attitudes surrounding mental health.<\/p>\n

NLM staff have selected these highlights from the collection for you to explore. We welcome questions! Use the comment feature below to share your thoughts.<\/p>\n

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Selections from NLM Digital Collections<\/a><\/h1>\n

NLM Digital Collections<\/a> is the National Library of Medicine’s free online repository of biomedical resources including books, manuscripts, and still and moving images.<\/p>\n

Images<\/h2>\n

Images from the History of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0(IHM), within\u00a0NLM Digital Collections<\/a>, illustrate a wide range of\u00a0 endeavors aimed at communicating, understanding, and coping with mental illness.<\/p>\n

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Calvert Vaux’s architectural design proposal for the Sheppard Asylum, Baltimore, Md., Front Elevation, ca. 1860 <\/div> <\/div>
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Drypoint etching of six distorted figures are blowing horns, each with a mad or vacant expression. The dramatic angles and exaggerated facial features of the figures depict the physical and emotional impact of World War I on himself, and those that Beckmann knew <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Alpine light treatment, Physio-therapy Department, U.S. Army, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, CO, ca. 1930 NLM #101401066 <\/div> <\/div>
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Spider-man, 1987 National Library of Medicine #101438361 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Nightmare Turtle Magic Lantern Slide National Library of Medicine #101594732 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Explore many more related images in NLM Digital Collections under these search terms:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Mental Health<\/a> | Mental Illness<\/a> | Mental Disorders<\/a>
\nBrain<\/a> | Psychology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

You can also explore public domain mental health<\/a> images from the NLM prints and photographs collection on Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Historical Films<\/h2>\n

Recently added to NLM Digital Collections is the film\u00a0The Mask<\/a>, produced in the mid-1960s by the Louisiana Association for Mental Health. The Mask was directed by George Stoney, a well-regarded documentary filmmaker and professor of film studies at New York University for more than 40 years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n