Stories
- Article
The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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Picturing mental health
Ron Hampshire created artworks while resident at Netherne psychiatric hospital. What can we learn from them?
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How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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Religion and mental health
At a time of extreme distress, Jamila Pereira found that the faith she had relied on was failing her. Here she describes how she found other ways to begin healing and finding happiness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Letter from Arabella Norford (fl. 1826), concerning the care of the mentally-ill William Robinson (fl. 1826)
Date: 1826Reference: MS.7477/2Part of: Miscellany: Care of the mentally ill, 18th-19th centuries- Books
Practical care of the mentally retarded and mentally ill / Ruthanna Penny ; with a foreword by James T. Shelton.
Penny, Ruthanna.Date: [1966], ©1966- Audio
Treatment of mentally ill offenders.
Date: 2001- Archives and manuscripts
Letter to Sir James Johnstone (d. 1772) discussing the care of a mentally-ill young man, probably George Johnstone (1720-1792), 3rd Marquess of Annandale
Date: 1745Reference: MS.7477/1Part of: Miscellany: Care of the mentally ill, 18th-19th centuries- Books
Children of mentally ill parents : problems in child care / Elizabeth P. Rice, Miriam C. Ekdahl, Leo Miller.
Rice, Elizabeth P. (Elizabeth Prince)Date: [1971]