Laura Hirshbein

 Laura D. Hirshbein
George E Wantz M.D.
Distinguished Professor of History of Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry
Medical School
Professor of History
College of Literature
Science
and the Arts
Office:
102 Observatory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Laura Hirshbein
Laura D. Hirshbein
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    • About

    Areas of Interest

    - Inpatient psychiatry
    - Emergency psychiatry
    - History of Psychiatry
    - Health Policy
    - Education

    Qualifications
    • PhD
      Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
      1991 - 2000
    • MD
      University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
      1989 - 1997
    • BA
      Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, United States
      1985 - 1989

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Center for History, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Ethics in Medicine

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Psychiatric authority and social problems: A history of fears and expectations in 20th- and 21st-century America
      Hirshbein L, Baumhauer J. History of Psychiatry, 2026 May 20; 37 (1): 58 - 74. DOI:10.1177/0957154X251384213
    • Journal Article
      The Irony of Liberation in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
      Hirshbein L. Journal of American Culture, 2026 Jan 1; DOI:10.1111/jacc.70067
    • Journal Article
      Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians Courtney E. Thompson and Kylie M. Smith
      Hirshbein LD. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 2025 Dec 26; jraf029 DOI:10.1093/jhmas/jraf029
    • Journal Article
      Looking through the Speculum: Examining the Women's Health Movement
      Hirshbein LD. Journal of American History, 2025 Apr 3; 111 (4): 813 - 814. DOI:10.1093/jahist/jaae318
    • Journal Article
      Emancipation through health: John Harvey Kellogg’s advice to white women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
      Hirshbein L, Sripada M. Medical Humanities, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1136/medhum-2025-013350
    • Journal Article
      What Does the History of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design Tell Us About Balancing Safety and Healing For Patients With Suicidal Behaviors?
      Liu A, Im D, Hirshbein L. AMA Journal of Ethics, 2023 Dec 2; (March 2024):
    • Journal Article
      Marion Kenworthy and values in the history of American child psychiatry.
      Hirshbein L. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2024 Feb 29; 94 (4): 371 - 379. DOI:10.1037/ort0000727
      PMID: 38421745
    • Journal Article
      Managing power and psychiatric training in the United States, 1945–1990
      Hirshbein L. History of the Human Sciences, 2024 Feb 1; 37 (1): 72 - 98. DOI:10.1177/09526951231185485

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