Un colloque intitulé « Psychiatry and addictions in the 20th century » aura lieu du jeudi 26 au vendredi 27 janvier à la Maison interuniversitaire des sciences de l’homme – Alsace.
The aim of this international conference is to explore psychiatry’s contribution to the troubled history of the medicalization of addictions in Europe throughout the 20th century. This question will be explored through the lens of medical concepts, institutions of care and cure, as well as patients’ experiences, with contributions from scholars from Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.