Stories
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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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Picturing mental health
Ron Hampshire created artworks while resident at Netherne psychiatric hospital. What can we learn from them?
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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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A reflection on art in a mental hospital
Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.
Catalogue
- 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- Pictures
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A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Reference: 11867i- Books
Destigmatising mental illness? : professional politics and public education in Britain 1870-1970 / Vicky Long.
Long, Vicky, 1978-Date: 2014- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence and papers relating to the Medical Research Council Unit for the Study of Environmental Factors in Mental and Physical Illness
Date: 1952-1980Reference: SA/PIC/F/7/5Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Books
Depression : a nurse's experience : shadows of life / Veronica Burton ; foreword by Paul Farmer.
Burton, Veronica.Date: 2010