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Friday essay: ‘black bile’, malaria therapy and insulin comas – a transient history of mental illnessFriday essay: ‘black bile’, malaria therapy and insulin comas – a transient history of mental illness

Friday essay: ‘black bile’, malaria therapy and insulin comas – a transient history of mental illness

  Possibly the earliest account of a disturbed mind is recorded in a 3,500-year-old Hindu text that describes a person…

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Friday essay: my father was always told his mother was dead, but a birthday card revealed she was living in a mental institutionFriday essay: my father was always told his mother was dead, but a birthday card revealed she was living in a mental institution

Friday essay: my father was always told his mother was dead, but a birthday card revealed she was living in a mental institution

  As a child, I found a small, brown suitcase in my wardrobe. It had two silver latches and a…

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