Issue 40 (Spring 2009) Pages-19-32 This paper examines some aspects of the history of mental illness in Ireland from a Freudian perspective. It draws on the work of Joseph Robins and of Michel Foucault and argues that the concept of Schizophrenia … Continue reading Helen Sheehan – From Gleann na nGealt to Schizophrenia: A Structure of Refusal?