Stories
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When depression is worse than physical illness
Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.
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Chronic illness and the pressure to get well
When she was ill, Naomi Morris assumed she was on a straightforward journey from sickness to health. But what if our experiences of mental distress and ill health aren’t that neat?
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Is it really OK to not be OK?
Our mental healthcare system is still the poor relation of services that treat physical illness, and the pandemic has shone a spotlight on this situation. Campaigner James Downs argues for fundamental change.
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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
- Books
Genetical aspects of mental retardation / Valerie Cowie.
Cowie, Valerie A.Date: 1973- Archives and manuscripts
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Correspondence with the Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency
Date: Feb 1955 - Jun 1955Reference: PENROSE/2/34/6Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Books
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A neuropsychiatric and genetical investigation of acute intermittent porphyria / by Lennart Wetterberg.
Wetterberg, Lennart.Date: 1967- Archives and manuscripts
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Correspondence with Alan D B Clarke
Date: Jun 1954 - Dec 1954Reference: PENROSE/2/34/4Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Books
Psychiatric genetics : from hereditary madness to big biology / Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Andrew Bartlett and Jamie Lewis.
Arribas-Ayllon, MichaelDate: 2019