Stories
- Article
The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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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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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Brecknock Community and Mental Health Project
Date: c.1983Reference: SA/DRS/B/2/20Part of: DrugScope- Books
Community mental health services in Northern Europe : Great Britain, Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden / [Sylvan S Furman].
Furman, Sylvan S., 1911-1992.Date: [1965]- Books
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Evaluation in mental health : a review of the problem of evaluating mental health activities / report of the Subcommittee on Evaluation of Mental Health Activities, Community Services Committee, National Advisory Mental Health Council.
United States. National Advisory Mental Health Council. Community Services Committee.Date: 1955- Books
Community mental health services.
Political and Economic Planning (Think tank)Date: 1960- Archives and manuscripts
'Community Services for Mentally Infirm Old People', by Guy Wigley, President of the Mental Health Group, containing a report on the results of Group's 1968 survey of services provided
Date: c.1968-1969Reference: SA/SMO/P.7/3Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health