Stories
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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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Six personal health zines that might change your life
Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.
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The give and take of caring
Kate Mosse argues that how we define ‘care’ matters, and explores the reciprocity of caring and being cared for.
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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
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My experiences in a lunatic asylum / by a sane patient.
Patient, Sane.Date: 1879- Books
Mental illness, discrimination and the law : fighting for social justice / Felicity Callard[and others].
Date: 2012- Books
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The antagonism of law and medicine in insanity, and its consequences : an introductory lecture / by Thomas Laycock.
Laycock, Thomas, 1812-1876.Date: 1862- Books
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Lunacy versus liberty : a letter to the Lord Chancellor, on the defective state of the law, as regards insane persons, and private asylums for their reception : with remarks, original and select, including the author's own case, and others / by William Griggs.
Griggs, William, late Patient at Kensington House.Date: 1832- Books
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Code of practice : Mental Health Act 1983 / Department of Health and Welsh Office.
Great Britain. Department of Health.Date: 1993