Hallo from Vienna! University of Maryland psychology students are studying the history of mental health treatment in Vienna right now! Follow them as they share their discoveries at the following course blog:http://psycterpsvienna.tumblr.com/
The city of Vienna plays an important role in the history of psychology. It's been a jam-packed week already, with orientations, tours of the city, visits to museums and palaces, and introductory lectures on the timeline of mental health diagnosis and treatment. Next, the course will cover Freud's contributions to understanding the mind and to improving mental health treatment, and then we will examine how our understanding of mental health and treatment approaches have changed since Freud's time. Stay tuned, as we have visits to Salzburg (home of the first international congress of psychoanalysts in 1908), to Freud's house and private practice, and to one of Europe's oldest inpatient psychiatric asylums scheduled for later this week!
