Stories
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The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
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Thousands of years of women’s pain
Even in the 21st century, women with severe monthly pain find their suffering minimised or dismissed by the medical profession. Such pain is seen as simply a natural part of being female.
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Healing through ink
Taking an approach learned from his OCD treatment, Josh Weeks faced his fear of getting tattoos, and embraced inking as part of the healing process.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hastings Gilford: The Disorders of Post-Natal Growth and Development (1911)
Date: 1911-1941Reference: PP/FPW/B.84Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Books
Growth factors and psychiatric disorders / [chair, Moses V. Chao].
Date: 2008
- Books
- Online
The disorders of post-natal growth and development / by Hastings Gilford.
Gilford, Hastings, 1861-Date: 1911- Books
Growth factors as drugs for neurological and sensory disorders / [editors, Gregory R. Bock and Jamie A. Goode].
Date: 1996- Books
Bibliography of kuru / Michael P. Alpers, D. Carleton Gajdusek, Steven G. Ono.
Alpers, Michael P.Date: 1975