Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Thousands of years of women’s pain
Even in the 21st century, women with severe monthly pain find their suffering minimised or dismissed by the medical profession. Such pain is seen as simply a natural part of being female.
- Article
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.
- Photo story
’No you’re not’ – a portrait of autistic women
In this sensitive series of portraits and interviews, photographer Rosie Barnes acknowledges the voices and experiences of autistic women.
Catalogue
- Pictures
- Online
A fire in the Livingston County Poorhouse, Geneseo, New York: mentally ill women try to escape. Wood engraving, 1867.
Date: 1867Reference: 20077i- Pictures
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Bellevue Hospital, New York City: women patients (mentally ill?) having a meal in a ward, with three nurses. Photograph.
Date: 1885-1898Reference: 530693i- Books
Double exposure : addressing the needs of homeless women with mental illness / by Clare Croft-White and Georgie Parry-Crooke.
Croft-White, ClareDate: 1996- Books
Stress on women : policy paper on women and mental health.
MIND (Mental health association)Date: 1992- Books
Women's health & mental illness / by Jenny Harding and Jenny Stiles ; revised by Women's Health.
Harding, Jenny.Date: 1992