The Asylum Archives - Psychiatric Case Studies: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to The Asylum Archives! Each week we’ll travel over 100 years into the past to meet patients who spent time in so-called Lunatic Asylums. From Ticehurst House in East Sussex to the celebrated York Retreat and beyond, together we'll remember often-forgotten people and uncover the history of mental healthcare in the UK.
Welcome to The Asylum Archives!
Today’s episode is a heavy one, so please take breaks as needed. I did whilst researching and editing. These histories are hard to talk about, especially for those of us in the disabled community, but I believe it is vital to do so. How else can we honour those who suffered and work to ensure such atrocities do not happen again?
Also, remember The Asylum Archives is now also a podcast! Look for the series on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: if you have other requests for platforms please let me know 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
03:54 What Is Polio?
08:01 The History of the Polio Vaccine
15:22 “Cheaper Than Calves”: Wider Abuse of Disabled People in Research
19:43 The Legacy of the Polio Vaccine
21:46 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Petitions:
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/polio-20th-century-epidemic
https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/polio
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/poliomyelitis/facts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study
https://www.macleans.ca/society/the-tragic-story-of-a-canadian-vaccine-trailblazer/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/04/14/cutter-polio-vaccine-paralyzed-children-coronavirus/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/spoonful-sugar-helps-radioactive-oatmeal-go-down-180962424/
https://priceonomics.com/the-mit-science-club-for-disabled-children/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahrosenbaum/2020/06/12/willowbrook-scandal-hepatitis-experiments-hideous-truths-of-testing-vaccines-on-humans/?sh=78a090d3279c
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🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove completely! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Disclaimer:
I mean no offence at all by these videos, my goal is to respectfully raise awareness of often-forgotten people and increase transparency in the history of mental healthcare. Every case I cover is over 100 years old but, whilst the person I’m speaking about is no longer with us, I know their family may be so I treat their history with the same care I would want for my own. For extra anonymity, the names of patients have been changed in every video.
I also recognise that these case studies are drawn from medical records and are therefore recorded from the perspective of medical practitioners rather than the person themselves. Given the level of stigma often present in mental healthcare, especially within the eras we’re discussing, the case studies need to be taken with a grain of salt and not viewed as representing the entirety of the person they discuss. Psychiatric records are not biographies and will never capture the person as they were known to friends, to family, or to themselves.
Thank you for listening! ❤️
I wanted to share this with you because I would potentially never have found out I’m autistic if it weren’t for other people sharing their stories. So, on the off-chance I might be able to help others: here’s mine.
Being autistic also has a huge impact on the content I produce: The Asylum Archives is one of my special interests and being able to share that with you means the world.
Thank you for listening to my story. As always, genuine, good-faith questions are more than welcome. Take care! ❤️
Also, remember The Asylum Archives is now also a podcast!! Look for the series on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: if you have other requests for platforms please let me know 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:44 My Story
09:36 My Opinion On BPD As A Diagnosis
15:09 How Do I Feel About Being Autistic?
17:33 What Does This Mean For The Future?
19:00 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Resources:
https://recoveryinthebin.org/
https://www.nsun.org.uk/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590952/
https://www.authenticallyemily.uk/blog/2020/08/19/autism-and-borderline-emotionally-unstable-personality-disorder-overlaps-and-misdiagnosis
https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/
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Business enquiries: insightandillnessbusiness@gmail.com
Support me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/insight_illness
🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove completely! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Thank you for watching and/ or listening ❤️
Welcome to The Asylum Archives! Today we’re exploring the legacy and achievements of the Alleged Lunatics’ Friend Society. Thank you for joining me and let me know in the comments if you learnt something new.
Also, remember The Asylum Archives is also on YouTube! Check out the video versions for images and additional visual pizzazz 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
03:14 The Principles of Peer Support
05:02 The History of the ALFS
12:23 Their Main Achievements, incl. Cases
23:00 Their Dissolution
24:25 Their Legacy
27:22 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Petitions:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025727300045701
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/yn2yyten
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🔎 References:
Case Records 1911-1915 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h9ahrgfm/items?canvas=56
The changing profile of a 19th century Asylum: the York Retreat, A. Digby, CUP, 2009.
Video clips: Pexels: Mart Production, cottonbro, largo editt, Luis C. Tavera, EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA
L. Lowe (1883) The Bastilles of England: or, the lunacy laws at work. London: Crookenden, p. 155.
John Bull, 25 January 1862, p. 54.
S. Wise (2012) Inconvenient people: lunacy, liberty and the mad-doctors in Victorian England. London: The Bodley Head, 84.
🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove completely! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Disclaimer:
I mean no offence at all by these videos, my goal is to respectfully raise awareness of often-forgotten people and increase transparency in the history of mental healthcare. Every case I cover is over 100 years old but, whilst the person I’m speaking about is no longer with us, I know their family may be so I treat their history with the same care I would want for my own. For extra anonymity, the names of patients have been changed in every video.
I also recognise that these case studies are drawn from medical records and are therefore recorded from the perspective of medical practitioners rather than the person themselves. Given the level of stigma often present in mental healthcare, especially within the eras we’re discussing, the case studies need to be taken with a grain of salt and not viewed as representing the entirety of the person they discuss. Psychiatric records are not biographies and will never capture the person as they were known to friends, to family, or to themselves.
Thank you for tuning in! ❤️
Welcome to The Asylum Archives! Today I’d like to introduce you to Robin.
Remember The Asylum Archives is also on YouTube - check the video out for additional photographs and illustrative detail. 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
02:58 Robin’s Early Life
06:24 World War One
11:07 Court-Martial
16:21 Arrival at The Retreat
17:28 Shell Shock
21:29 Return to The Retreat
25:30 Stone House Hospital
27:36 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Petitions:
https://donate.unrefugees.org.uk/ukraine-emergency/~my-donation?_cv=1
https://www.unrefugees.org.uk/where-help-is-needed/ukraine-situation/
https://voices.org.ua/en/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulators-urge-safe-giving-to-support-ukraine
https://www.theweek.co.uk/59782/how-did-the-first-world-war-start
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060023380
https://www.quaker.org.uk/about-quakers/our-history/ww1
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Business enquiries: insightandillnessbusiness@gmail.com
🔎 References:
Case Records 1911-1915 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h9ahrgfm/items?canvas=56
The changing profile of a 19th century Asylum: the York Retreat, A. Digby, CUP, 2009.
Video clips: Pexels: RODNAE Productions, cottonbro, Kelly L, Oleg Magni, Kampus Production
Cambridge 1870: Photos taken for William Winfield; uploaded by Kimberlyblaker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_University,_Bridge_of_Sighs,_St._john%27s_College.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_College,_Cambridge_University.jpg
Cromer pier https://www.cromerpier.co.uk/about-us/history/
30,000 men: NAM. 1978-11-157-22-18
Posters: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Stone House: The Illustrated London News, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove completely! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Disclaimer:
I mean no offence at all by these videos, my goal is to respectfully raise awareness of often-forgotten people and increase transparency in the history of mental healthcare. Every case I cover is over 100 years old but, whilst the person I’m speaking about is no longer with us, I know their family may be so I treat their history with the same care I would want for my own. For extra anonymity, the names of patients have been changed in every video.
I also recognise that these case studies are drawn from medical records and are therefore recorded from the perspective of medical practitioners rather than the person themselves. Given the level of stigma often present in mental healthcare, especially within the eras we’re discussing, the case studies need to be taken with a grain of salt and not viewed as representing the entirety of the person they discuss. Psychiatric records are not biographies and will never capture the person as they were known to friends, to family, or to themselves.
If you read to the bottom, please leave a rating and review! It really helps me out. ❤️
Thank you for tuning in! ❤️
Welcome to The Asylum Archives! Today I’d like to introduce you to Laura.
Remember The Asylum Archives is also on YouTube - check the video out for additional photographs and illustrative detail. 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
02:52 Early Life
04:41 Irish History
09:11 The Choctaw People
11:56 Laura’s Health
18:58 Laura’s Time at The Retreat
34:25 Laura’s Life After Admission
36:09 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Petitions:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/religious-society-friends-quakers
https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/great-famine
https://www.dochara.com/the-irish/food-history/the-irish-potato-famine-1846-1850/
https://www.kosu.org/local-news/2021-09-22/were-not-going-anywhere-choctaw-freedmen-cite-history-ties-to-tribal-nation-in-fight-for-citizenship
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/lydia-pinkhams-vegetable-compound-1873-1906
https://daily.jstor.org/was-lydia-e-pinkham-the-queen-of-quackery/
🔎 References:
Case Records 1911-1915 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h9ahrgfm/items?canvas=56
The changing profile of a 19th century Asylum: the York Retreat, A. Digby, CUP, 2009.
Benevolent theory: moral treatment at the York Retreat, L.C. Charland, History of Psychiatry, 2007.
Ordnance Survey Map of Yorkshire https://maps.nls.uk/view/102341554
Video clips: Pexels: Nick Collins, Cottonbro, Andrew Hardy, Pixabay, Sandro Müller, Super Lunar, Ruth Slotman, Martin Portas.
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🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove completely! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Disclaimer:
I mean no offence at all by these videos, my goal is to respectfully raise awareness of often-forgotten people and increase transparency in the history of mental healthcare. Every case I cover is over 100 years old but, whilst the person I’m speaking about is no longer with us, I know their family may be so I treat their history with the same care I would want for my own. For extra anonymity, the names of patients have been changed in every video.
I also recognise that these case studies are drawn from medical records and are therefore recorded from the perspective of medical practitioners rather than the person themselves. Given the level of stigma often present in mental healthcare, especially within the eras we’re discussing, the case studies need to be taken with a grain of salt and not viewed as representing the entirety of the person they discuss. Psychiatric records are not biographies and will never capture the person as they were known to friends, to family, or to themselves.
If you read to the bottom, please leave a rating and review! It really helps me out. ❤️
Thank you for tuning in! ❤️
Welcome to the first case of our new season of The Asylum Archives! Today I’d like to introduce you to Clara.
Remember The Asylum Archives is also on YouTube - check the video out for additional photographs and illustrative detail. 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Early Life
07:00 Clara’s Time at The Retreat
15:13 Dr Norah Kemp
17:19 Return to Clara
19:11 Throxenby Hall
23:37 The End of Clara’s Admission
26:43 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Petitions:
https://theretreatyork.org.uk/2020/12/26/on-the-1st-day-of-mental-heatlh/
http://nyenquirer.uk/nightmare-in-throxenby-hall-revisited/
🔎 References:
Case Records 1911-1915 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h9ahrgfm/items?canvas=56
The changing profile of a 19th century Asylum: the York Retreat, A. Digby, CUP, 2009.
Benevolent theory: moral treatment at the York Retreat, L.C. Charland, History of Psychiatry, 2007.
💌 Keep in touch 💌
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Insight_Illness
IG: https://www.instagram.com/insight_illness/
TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRcWrC6N/
Business enquiries: insightandillnessbusiness@gmail.com
🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove completely! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Disclaimer:
I mean no offence at all by these videos, my goal is to respectfully raise awareness of often-forgotten people and increase transparency in the history of mental healthcare. Every case I cover is over 100 years old but, whilst the person I’m speaking about is no longer with us, I know their family may be so I treat their history with the same care I would want for my own. For extra anonymity, the names of patients have been changed in every video.
I also recognise that these case studies are drawn from medical records and are therefore recorded from the perspective of medical practitioners rather than the person themselves. Given the level of stigma often present in mental healthcare, especially within the eras we’re discussing, the case studies need to be taken with a grain of salt and not viewed as representing the entirety of the person they discuss. Psychiatric records are not biographies and will never capture the person as they were known to friends, to family, or to themselves.
If you read to the bottom, please leave a rating and review! It really helps me out. ❤️
Thank you for tuning in! ❤️
Welcome to the start of a new season of The Asylum Archives! In this episode we’re learning about a new hospital: The York Retreat.
From this week The Asylum Archives is also officially a podcast!! Look for the series on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: if you have other requests for platforms please let me know 🥰
⏳Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
02:46 The Founding of The Retreat
06:52 A Brief History of Quakerism
11:28 The Patients of The Retreat
22:33 Treatment at The Retreat
25:35 Summary
🖇 Links to Articles and Petitions:
https://www.quaker.org.uk/about-quakers/our-history/ww1
https://quakerstrongrooms.org/2015/01/26/friends-emergency-and-war-victims-relief-committee-cataloguing-project-relief-and-reconstruction-during-world-war-i-and-beyond/
🔎 References:
Case Records 1911-1915 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h9ahrgfm/items?canvas=56
The changing profile of a 19th century Asylum: the York Retreat, A. Digby, CUP, 2009.
Benevolent theory: moral treatment at the York Retreat, L.C. Charland, History of Psychiatry, 2007.
💌 Keep in touch 💌
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Insight_Illness
IG: https://www.instagram.com/insight_illness/
TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRcWrC6N/
Business enquiries: insightandillnessbusiness@gmail.com
🎧 I’m still figuring out my audio and, yes, those are trains in the background that I unfortunately can’t remove! Please let me know if anything is particularly off 🙂
📼 My old videos have been archived but some of them are accessible via this link:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUO7Y7jU9QOeY20ltEnxFlA4_mbiGI_Ka
🎤 Music produced by Papa Boxhead at Boxhead Studios.
Disclaimer:
I mean no offence at all by these videos, my goal is to respectfully raise awareness of often-forgotten people and increase transparency in the history of mental healthcare. Every case I cover is over 100 years old but, whilst the person I’m speaking about is no longer with us, I know their family may be so I treat their history with the same care I would want for my own. For extra anonymity, the names of patients have been changed in every video.
I also recognise that these case studies are drawn from medical records and are therefore recorded from the perspective of medical practitioners rather than the person themselves. Given the level of stigma often present in mental healthcare, especially within the eras we’re discussing, the case studies need to be taken with a grain of salt and not viewed as representing the entirety of the person they discuss. Psychiatric records are not biographies and will never capture the person as they were known to friends, to family, or to themselves.
Thank you for tuning in! ❤️