Stories
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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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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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Chronic illness and the pressure to get well
When she was ill, Naomi Morris assumed she was on a straightforward journey from sickness to health. But what if our experiences of mental distress and ill health aren’t that neat?
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A reflection on art in a mental hospital
Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.
Catalogue
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What chance have we got? : occupation & employment after mental illness - patients' views / Anne Birch.
Birch, AnneDate: [1983]- Books
Masks and mirrors of mental illness / [John Illman].
Illman, JohnDate: [1979?]
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A letter to the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy : containing some strictures on the Act of Parliament, and observations on their report / by J. Haslam.
Haslam, John, 1764-1844.Date: 1830
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Responsibility in mental disease / by Henry Maudsley.
Maudsley, Henry, 1835-1918.Date: 1906- Books
Treatment, care and security : waiting for change / Ian Bynoe.
Bynoe, IanDate: 1992