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Getting the measure of pain

In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.

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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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“I’ve never talked to anybody about this before”

Douglas is furious. He’s at crisis point and needs help. Read the first of his two sessions with psychoanalyst Susie Orbach.

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Raising a baby in prison

Gary’s second child spent much of her babyhood in a prison mother-and-baby unit, after his wife was given a custodial sentence. Here he explores the family’s experiences of that time.

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  • The special commission : Pear's soap used by all the best judges.
  • Four judges in heavy wigs, two of them are fast asleep. Etching by W. Hogarth.
  • Determined by the judges : the appellant therefore contended that his van was exempted from the duty as assessed.
  • Determined by the judges : the appellant therefore contended that his van was exempted from the duty as assessed.
  • Solomon judges the case of the two harlots. Colour etching by C. Ploos van Amstel, 1782, after L. van Leyden.
  • Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.
  • C.S. Parnell and John Walter, dressed as ancient Greek warriors, are engaged in single combat under the eyes of two judges and a barrister. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 27 October 1888.
  • A candle in the dark: or, a treatise concerning the nature of witches and witchcraft: being advice to judges, sheriffes ... what to do, before they passe sentence on such as are arraigned for their lives, as witches / [Thomas Ady].
  • Judge Dredd : the megazine / [illustrated by Simon Bisley].
  • The life of John Hunter, portrait of Judge Buller.
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