Stories
- Article
The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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My illness made me an activist, but now I’m exhausted
Emily Bashforth’s illness made her an advocate but now she’s battling burnout. She argues why we all need to be mental health activists, not just those with lived experience.
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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
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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
- Archives and manuscripts
HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM, EGHAM: RECORDS OF THE HOSPITAL
Date: 1885 - 1980Reference: 3473- Archives and manuscripts
Mind (The Mental Health Charity): archives
Mind (The Mental Health Charity)Date: 1930s-2000sReference: SA/MIN- Archives and manuscripts
The Retreat Archive
Date: 1792 - 2000Reference: RET- Books
Oxford textbook of women and mental health / edited by Dora Kohen.
Date: [2010]- Archives and manuscripts
Personal papers of Edith Morgan (1920-2003)
Morgan, Edith, 1920-2003Date: 1949-2003Reference: PP/EDM