Episode 16 - History of Inhumane Mental Health Treatments & Van Gogh’s Time in the Asylum

Happy New Year! Glad to be back from our short break. Maddy dives into the history of inhumane and torturous treatments of mental health patients in asylums, and then Natalie talks about a few of the 150 works that Van Gogh created when he was in the Saint-Paul asylum from 1889 to 1890, and reads some of his letters to Theo describing them.

Feel free to skip around to what interests you!

Highs n Lows 0:00

Death on this Day 10:06

History of Inhumane Mental Health Treatments 10:53

Van Gogh’s time in the Saint-Paul Asylum 59:37

Intro song by Francy Mae Clark