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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.

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Building resilience in a racist world

With the resurgence of racism in today’s UK, Louisa Adjoa Parker reflects on the trauma of growing up in a racist society and explores how victims could begin to heal.

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Having children as a fat woman

When she sought fertility advice, and at antenatal appointments, Ellie Levenson found that medics were openly anti-fat. Only years later can she evaluate the true repercussions of their words and actions.

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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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  • Right capsular infarct.
  • Temporal lobe glioma. Low grade at 18.04.2001
  • Temporal lobe glioma.Low grade at 18.04.2001
  • Temporal lobe glioma.Low grade at 18.04.2001
  • Temporal lobe glioma.Active and malignant 18
  • Temporal lobe glioma.Active and malignant 18
  • Brocke and Wernicke areas of brain, MRI
  • Temporal lobe glioma.Active and malignant 18
  • White matter innervation of the neocortex, MRI
  • Corpus Callosum, tractography
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