Stories
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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.
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
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How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Newspaper cuttings about mental health and asylums in general
Date: 1920s - 1930sReference: RET 1/10/2/22Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
Social class and mental illness in Northern Europe / edited by Petteri Pietikäinen and Jesper Vaczy Kragh.
Date: 2020- Archives and manuscripts
Case book covering admissions 1938 - 1943 [Volume 4]
Date: 1938 - 1943Reference: 3473/3/36Part of: HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM, EGHAM: RECORDS OF THE HOSPITAL- Archives and manuscripts
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Case book covering admissions May 1901 - Sep 1902. Patient reference numbers 2388 - 2553
Date: May 1901 - Sep 1902Reference: 3473/3/6Part of: HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM, EGHAM: RECORDS OF THE HOSPITAL- Archives and manuscripts
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Case book covering admissions Oct 1902 - Feb 1904. Patient reference numbers 2554 - 2705
Date: Oct 1902 - Feb 1904Reference: 3473/3/7Part of: HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM, EGHAM: RECORDS OF THE HOSPITAL