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Culture & Society
Pennsylvania’s Mentally Ill Spend Years in Jail Without Trial or Treatment
The article cited below comes from The Daily Beast and is written by Christopher Moraff. Although set within a US-context and in relation to one particular US-state, it also has relevance to similar issues within many other countries concerning mental ill-health and prison/judicial…
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The Japanese Art Of Forest Bathing
Nina Zietman writes in the UK edition of the Huffington Post : “Cigarettes, junk food, alcohol: we tend to think we’re clued up on the biggest health issues in our society. But stress is increasingly becoming a major health epidemic – one that’s being picked up on … From…
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Hugs and kisses: The health impact of affective touch
From article by Maria Cohut in Medical News Today : “When we touch, hug, or kiss a friend or partner, that gesture is loaded with meaning. We seek affection, try to establish a connection, or attempt to communicate a need. Various cultures use touch…
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Morrisons ‘quiet hour’ for autistic shopping introduced
The BBC reports that: “Supermarket chain Morrisons has introduced a weekly ‘quieter hour’ for autistic shoppers who struggle with music and noise. Its 439 UK stores will dim lights, turn music off, avoid using the tannoy and turn check-out beeps down on…
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Radical Help
This Way Madness Lies – the asylum and beyond
This Way Madness Lies , by Mike Jay, explores the meaning of madness, or mental illness, through the prism of the institution that defined it: the asylum. Combining the perspectives of doctors and patients, artists, social commentators and reformers, it tells the story of…
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For Centuries, A Small Town Has Embraced Strangers With Mental Illness
Lulu Miller reports for America’s National Public Radio (NPR): “At the center of Geel, a charming Belgian town less than an hour’s drive from of Antwerp, is a church dedicated to Dymphna, a saint believed to have the power to cure mental disorders. It’s a medieval…
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Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia across Cultures
This book is edited by Prof. Tania Luhrmann & Jocelyn Marrow, and published by the University of California Press (October 2016). The publishers say: “Schizophrenia has long puzzled researchers in the fields of psychiatric medicine and anthropology. Why is it…
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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
In this book (a 1964 abridged edition of a book published in 1961) Michel Foucault: “… examines the archaeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 – from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part…
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