Food for Thought ...

Written in 1960 by a young French philosopher, Michel Foucault, this long awaited English translation is finally available in it's full unabridged format, including all of the appendices from the original edition entitled "Folie et déraison: histoire de la folie a l'age classique". From the inside cover ..."History of Madness begins in the Middle Ages with vivid descriptions of the exclusion and confinement of lepers. ... Why, within the space of several months in 1656, was one out of every hundred people in Paris confined? ... throughout modern history, madness has meant isolation, repression and exclusion."

This book is available for loan from the ROMHC, and can be found under the call # RC 438 .F61 2006

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - NEW

I'm please to announce that the ROHCG Medical Library now subscribes to the print edition of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. From their web site, here's a description:

"The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (AJGP) is the authoritative source of information for the rapidly developing field of geriatric psychiatry. The Journal contains peer-reviewed articles on the diagnosis and classification of psychiatric disorders of later life, epidemiological and biological correlates of mental health of older adults, and psychopharmacology and other somatic treatments. The Journal is published twelve times a year.

According to ISI's 2004 Journal Citation Report, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (AJGP) has an impact factor of 3.469, which ranks it 16th among 90 journals in psychiatry and 4th among 29 geriatric/gerontology journals. When compared with the other journals in psychiatry, AJGP is the #1 publication dedicated to geriatric psychiatry."

Our subscription starts with the April 2007 issue - - please drop by and check it out!

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