Stories
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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
- Book extract
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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My illness made me an activist, but now I’m exhausted
Emily Bashforth’s illness made her an advocate but now she’s battling burnout. She argues why we all need to be mental health activists, not just those with lived experience.
Catalogue
- Books
How to stop taking tranquillisers / Peter Tyrer.
Tyrer, Peter J.Date: 1986- Pictures
- Online
A man dressed in absurd protective clothing against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.
Date: 1832Reference: 16428i- Books
Thrive : the power of evidence-based psychological therapies / Richard Layard and David M. Clark.
Layard, Richard, 1934-Date: 2014