State of Mind
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to the present day and explores how treatment and understanding of mental illness has changed over the past 50 years
State of Mind - Altered States
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to the present day. The 60s saw anti-psychiatrists including RD Laing question the notion of insanity.
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State of Mind - Community Care?
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to the present day. The Care in the Community concept dominated the 1980s.
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State of Mind - Happiness in a Pill?
Claudia visits Canterbury Christ Church University to meet some of the first trainee mental health advisers who are part of a new government initiative.
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State of Mind - Total Institution
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to the present. The 1950s promised a new deal for the mentally ill, with new drugs and legislation.
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State of Mind - Which Way Now?
Claudia meets leading experts to discuss their views of the future, including Professor Bill Deakin, Louis Appleby and Dinesh Bhugra.
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