Stories
- Article
Happy Joy Smile
Drawn from real-life experiences, this short story depicts a character negotiating the UK’s current mental health system. Discover what happens as they encounter waiting lists, sketchy healthcare and punitive government bureaucracy.
- Book extract
Permission to recover
When it comes to illness, sometimes the end is just the beginning. Gavin Francis argues why being given permission to recover is so important.
- Article
Sarah Carpenter on making time for herself through creativity
Art provides a refuge for Sarah Carpenter, allowing her to utilise her energy and keep up the momentum of her recovery.
- Article
Sick of the theatre
What makes the stage a good place to share real-life experiences of ill health?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Recovery protocol summaries
Date: 1968Reference: PP/MYG/C/1/4Part of: Young, Maureen (1915-2013)- Archives and manuscripts
Recovery of K60 blocks
Date: 1942-1943Reference: PP/JRH/C/49Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Books
Recovery John Berryman; foreword by Saul Bellow.
Berryman, John 1914-1972Date: 2016- Books
Recovery : the lost art of convalescence / Gavin Francis.
Francis, GavinDate: 2022- Books
Recovery : freedom from our addictions / Russell Brand.
Brand, Russell, 1975-Date: 2017
