Book Reviews

Lisa Appignanesi on psychiatry in literature  Guardian February 16 2008

The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression, by Darian Leader Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression, by Sally Brampton reviewed by Hilary Mantel Guardian 2 February 2008

 

Celebrity

Britney’s tragic descent into mania is a journey I know all too well Emma Forest Observer 3 February 2008

 

Drugs

Alcohol

Look out liver and lungs Anne Karpf Comment is Free 1 September 2007

 

Medication

Richer, but less happy, we are now a pill popping people Jacky Ashley Guardian Comment is Free 11 February 2008 

GPs have got Britain ‘hooked on painkillers’ Denis Campbell Observer February 10 2008 

 

Military

They’re back from the front line, so why are these ex-servicemen still fighting their own wars? Mark Townsend Observer 3 February 2008

 

Miscellaneous

Medical Confessions Robert Hudson Guardian February 4 2008

 

Obituary

Anthony Clare Clare Richmond Guardian 30 October 2007 

 

Personal Stories

Dad’s last vanishing act Louise France 10 February 2008 Observer

When a son’s thoughts turn to murder Observer 3 February 2008 

My brother’s first joint and his descent into a mental war zone  Guardian 13 January 2008

He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain Elizabeth Day Observer 13 January 2008

 

Psychosis

Co pilot dragged from cockpit after nervous breakdown over atlantic Dan Milamo Guardian 30 January 2008

Cleared of murder: father who leapt off balcony with children Robert Booth Guardian 24 January 2008

 

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