Stories
- Article
Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
- Book extract
Out of the mouth trap
After 15 years of speech therapy, Jonty Claypole decided to make peace with his stammer. He explores our fear of disfluency, revealing how accepting it could actually increase our creativity and persuasiveness.
- Article
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.
- Article
Diagnosing OCD in the past
Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Neurology - Memory and Speech Disorders - Acute Psychiatric Disorders'
Date: 1965-1968Reference: PP/EKC/B/10Part of: Cruickshank, Eric Kennedy (1914-2007)- Archives and manuscripts
Books on Speech Disorders and Therapy
Stein, LeopoldDate: 1937-1949Reference: PP/LST/A/3Part of: Papers of Leopold Stein- Archives and manuscripts
Papers and Articles Concerning Speech Disorders and Therapy
Stein, LeopoldDate: 1917-1967Reference: PP/LST/A/1Part of: Papers of Leopold Stein- Archives and manuscripts
Roberts, W. W. - The Interpretation of Some Disorders of Speech
Date: 1949Reference: DGH1/6/18/176Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Leopold Stein, The Infancy of Speech and The Speech of Infancy
Stein, Leopold, 1894-1969Date: 1949Reference: PP/LST/A/3/3Part of: Papers of Leopold Stein