Gemma Blok (1970) studied history at the University of Amsterdam. She worked at the Trimbos Institute for Mental Health and Addiction Care in Utrecht. She specializes in the history of psychiatry and addiction care. In addition, she addresses the cultural history of the Interbellum.
In 2003 she graduated from the University of Amsterdam on a dissertation entitled "Boss in Own Brain." Antipsychiatry "in the Netherlands, 1965-1985." Dr. In 2011, Blok published an investigation into Dutch addiction care in the twentieth century, entitled "Ill or weak. History of addiction care in the Netherlands". She has contributed to the design of Het Dolhuys Museum in Haarlem, and reviewed books for the NRC Handelsblad. Publications
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