The London Contribution to Neurology and Psychiatry: The second British Symposium on the History of Neurology and Psychiatry

Following the first British Symposium on the History of Neurology and Psychiatry on 9 July 2014 at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience/King's College London1 a second Symposium was held at the Institute of Neurology (ION)/University College London on 26 November 2015 on the theme of "The London contribution to neurology and psychiatry". The Dean of the ION, Michael Hanna, welcomed 134 delegates, including neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical and basic neuroscientists, historians and archivists.

Bethlem Hospital and the Museum of the Mind

Victoria Northwood, Archivist to the Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust, described the history of the Bethlem Hospital, the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world still functioning today. Founded in 1247 as a Priory of the Church of St Mary of Bethlehem, it was in use as a hospital from the early 14th century and specialised in the treatment of the insane from the early 15th...

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