Andrew Scull, PhD

Madness in Civilization: Andrew Scull is Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at UC, San Diego. He is the author of many books and articles on the history of psychiatry, including Decarceration, Museums of Madness, The Most Solitary of Affllctions, Masters of Bedlam, Undertaker of the Mind, Hysteria, and several others. His newest book is Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness.