OMG - I've submitted the proofs...feels very scary and final but GREAT at the same time! 🥳

My book, Work and Occupation in French and English Mental Hospitals, c.1918-1939, is finally 'out there'! So delighted. Open access so free to download ... link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Eldest daughter having meltdown re: going back to uni. Not sure if it's due to the case that won't shut, the ID card she can't find, the train she's just missed or the essay that's not done....hmmm!

Open Access is great, but there's nothing quite like the feel of a hard copy - specially when it's your own!

On the way to Cambridge to celebrate the launch of Bourke and Skinner's new book that explores what is lost when the humanities and social sciences disregard historical understanding. I have an essay in it on feminism, and how it brings history to bear on philosophy.

Tomorrow we will be looking back at our history to celebrate the 100th birthday of Maudsley Hospital. 🎂 Check our page at 12pm each day this week for a new video. Bethlem Museum of the Mind David Luck

Today is the 100th anniversary of Maudsley Hospital! 🏥 This week, we will look back at our past and celebrate our achievements. We want to thank all our colleagues for their hard work and dedication, all our achievements would not be possible without all of you. Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Feeling Memory: Remembering Wartime Childhoods in France - pre-order for July, 20% discount with code CUP20 - it's a good read, if I do say so myself cup.columbia.edu/book/feeling-m… HudUniHistory Children's History Society SHCY (@shcy.bsky.social) SSFH Oral History Society Columbia University Oral History Oral History Australia

To celebrate our 100th anniversary, we are looking back at our historical archives. In this video, David Luck shares the events before the hospital's opening in 1923. Watch now: ow.ly/HKJb50MFlNm Bethlem Museum of the Mind #HistoryThroughTheLens

Did you know the library offers free research assistance to all members? Whether its tracking down a full text version of an article or assisting with a systematic review, we're here to help 🙂

Very excited about this new role!

Really enjoyed discussing mechanisms of SSRI treatment with Horatio Clare and Femi Oyebode on the Radio 4 series - 'Is psychiatry working?' bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…. Oxford Psychiatry BBC Radio 4

Really enjoying reading through this key text in cultural gerontology, delighted to have authored a discussant section, overall a wonderful introduction to how arts and humanities enrich our understanding of ageing ⁦Gerontological Society of America (GSA)⁩ ⁦EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society⁩ ⁦Irish Society of Physicians in Geriatric Medicine⁩

It’s #WilliamMorrisDay! Here, a newly discovered wallpaper design attributed to Morris. It's been hidden in our uncatalogued English Manuscript Collection and discovered by staff who are enhancing descriptions of the material. #BehindTheScenes #Wallpaper #Manuscripts

Exercise improves depression through positive modulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). A review based on 100 manuscripts over 20 years dlvr.it/SlY7Ck

Great talk this lunchtime by Dr Ross Brooks, '"If you can, talk less about sex" - the problem of teaching school biology in mid-20C Britain'. Fascinating insights into gender stereotyping, eugenics and political interference into what was taught in schools. Thanks Ross!

1/2 Special thanks to library and nursing colleagues for supporting research into Patricia Sunderland, an early registered mental nurse and pioneer occupational therapist. Access to Sunderland’s 1932 Nursing Times article was crucial x.com/HistoryOt/stat…

Day 10 #Archive30 ARA Scotland #HiddenHistories Until recently our 1st Occupational Therapist was hidden! A Mental Health Nurse then appointed as an Occupational Officer in April 1930 at The Cardiff City Mental Hospital Sister Patricia Sunderland seated in front of Matron King

Fabulous conference on public histories of mental health at Uni of Huddersfield - Museums and Beyond - some really inspiring talks today

Rose Cartwright was told 'the root cause of mental illnesses are biological abnormalities in the brain' but realised this was not true and not helpful theguardian.com/society/2024/a…