Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
History
Date: 1976-c.2005Reference: PSY/LIV/1/4Part of: Liverpool University Papers- Archives and manuscripts
History
Date: July 1958 - August 1981Reference: SA/IEA/A/1/1Part of: International Epidemiological Association- Books
History and anti-psychiatry in France / Jacques Postel and David F. Allen.
Postel, Jacques.- Books
History / Lise Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, Lise.Date: 2002- Books
History and Hasler / P.D. Gordon Pugh.
Pugh, P. D. Gordon (Patterson David Gordon)Date: 1975
Events
- Seminar
Hidden Histories of HIV
Part of Exploring Research
- Speech-to-text
- Hearing loop
- Discussion
Unfolding Histories Within Arabic Manuscripts
Part of Exploring Research
- Captioned (online)
- Auto-captioned
- Discussion
Social Dance and Traumatic Histories
Part of Dance the Pain Away
- British Sign Language
- Auto-captioned
- Audio described