Stories
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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
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Diagnosing OCD in the past
Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
Catalogue
- Videos
Nerves.
Date: 1996- Books
How to stop taking tranquillisers / Peter Tyrer.
Tyrer, Peter J.Date: 1986- Pictures
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A man dressed in absurd protective clothing against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.
Date: 1832Reference: 16428i- Books
Food and public health : contemporary issues and future directions / edited by Wendy Wills, Alizon Draper and Ulla Gustafsson.
Date: 2013- Books
Thrive : the power of evidence-based psychological therapies / Richard Layard and David M. Clark.
Layard, Richard, 1934-Date: 2014