Tag: Mental health AudioInconvenient people and how to find them: Tales from the Victorian lunacy panicsThursday 26 June 2014The 19th century saw a series of scandals concerning sane individuals being locked away...AudioAt the Instigation of the Devil: suicide and its recordsMonday 12 August 2013Even today suicide is surrounded by guilt and silence. How did our ancestors regard...AudioRevolting to humanity: histories of mental healthFriday 20 May 2011The 19th century ushered in a new way of seeing mental health. For the...AudioBroadmoor revealed: The Victorian asylumFriday 25 February 2011Broadmoor Hospital opened in 1863 and has always admitted patients who would otherwise have...