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Changing Minds

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A short season of programmes looking at the issue of mental health.

A short season of programmes looking at the issue of mental health, including historic attitudes, current research and the varied experiences of the people affected.

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Changing Minds: Pioneers of Madness

Changing Minds: Pioneers of Madness: Episode 3

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Pioneers of Madness

Episode 3

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Edi Stark explores the treatment of soldiers with psychological wounds.

Edi Stark explores 200 years of pioneering mental health care in Scotland, focusing on the history of the treatment of soldiers with psychological rather than physical wounds.

The First World War was the catalyst for the transformation of the treatment of mental illness.
Shell shock changed the way that doctors thought about psychiatric disorders and this led to new theories and treatments. Edi Stark explores the history of the treatment of soldiers returning from war with psychological rather than physical wounds.

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Edi Stark explores 200 years of pioneering mental health care in Scotland.

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