005: History Proves that Psychiatry is Poppycock (PART 1!)

In 1851, respected New Orleans physician Samuel Cartwright made a massive "scientific discovery" that explained a major problem occurring on many slave owners' plantations... their slaves were running away. But it wasn't the slave owners' fault! Tune in to this episode of Missdiagnosed for the titillating tale of how the normal human drive for freedom was pathologized into a mental illness to serve the interests of the slave industry...