Observations on the world and its inhabitants
“Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates,” written by sociologist Erving Goffman and published in 1961, is a seminal work in the field of sociology and particularly in the study of social institutions and mental health care. The book offers a profound analysis of life in “total institutions,” particularly focusing ...
Holy mother of God! [Not that I believe in Gods] What a tongue twister is that? What on earth is it and what does it mean?!! Most people can’t even say or spell ‘Psychiatry‘ and here I am creating worse tongue-twisters. You need help? Help yourself. Break it down: anthro-synth-i-atry The clue is in the ...
Getting straight into it – a BBC reporter went undercover for 3 months and exposed all manner of abuse at Edenfield Unit in Prestwich. Unfortunately for the lazy, they’d have to watch the whole video to know what happened. Hats off to the BBC for this brilliant piece of work. They achieved more than any ...
Captain Walker
