Stories
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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Hysteria
Mental health and emotional symptoms are common during menopause, but a long history of dismissing sufferers as 'hysterical women', at the mercy of their emotions has made it much harder to discuss these issues and to get support.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
Catalogue
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The brain: a secret history. Part 2, Emotions.
Date: 2010- Books
A history of feelings / Rob Boddice.
Boddice, RobDate: 2019- Books
The history of emotions : an introduction / Jan Plamper ; translated by Keith Tribe.
Plamper, Jan, 1970-Date: 2015- Books
Forty days : quarantine and the traveller, c. 1700-1900 / John Booker.
Booker, John, 1941-Date: 2022- Pictures
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A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.Reference: 27714i