Stories
- Article
NHS strikes and the decade of discontent
When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.
- Article
Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze
Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.
- Photo story
The man who remembers everything
Tilney1 can remember his life in minute detail, but can’t control the incessant intrusion of thoughts and images from the past. As cuts to mental health services isolate him more and more, a crisis approaches.
- Article
Audrey in the world
As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.
Catalogue
- Books
Psychiatric nursing : today and tomorrow / [report of the Joint Sub-Committee of the Standing Mental Health and the Standing Nursing Advisory Committees].
Joint Sub-Committee of the Standing Mental Health and the Standing Nursing Advisory Committees.Date: 1968- Books
Psychiatric nursing / A. Altschul.
Altschul, Annie T.Date: 1969- Books
Psychiatric nursing / Annie Altschul, Ruth Simpson.
Altschul, Annie T.Date: [1977], ©1977- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Psychiatric social services in Kent, T[unbridge] W[ells] Nursing Association
Date: January 1947Reference: PP/ADD/H/8/1Part of: Robina Addis (1900-1986): archives- Books
Psychiatric nursing / Ruth V. Matheney, Mary Topalis.
Matheney, Ruth Virginia, 1911-Date: 1957