Hermon

Talks about hysteria — women as lab rats
Freud’s rival Janet, who never abandoned his traumatic theory of hysteria and who never retreated from his hysterical patients, lived to see his works forgotten and his ideas neglected.
Charcot’s formulations of hysteria offered a scientific explanation for phenomena such as demonic possession states, witchcraft, exorcism, and religious ecstasy.
A feminist writer derided Charcot for his “vivisection of women under the pretext of studying a disease,” as well as for his hostility toward women entering the medical profession.

Van der Kolk — a creative response that looks at collaging of images, words, music (and sculpture)