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Dr Kate McAllister
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Historian of modern British medicine and psychiatry ā–  she/her/hers
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Also features me, again being mistaken for the mum from Home Alone and also revealing my truest identity as a born and bred Sheffield lass

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You can hear more about this history in the latest episode of the Overend Knight Medical History podcast, also released yesterday! IƱhttps://youtu.be/qho6k80HKtM

The Overend-Knight Medical History Podcast - Destigmatising mental illness: the Sheffield story
The Overend-Knight Medical History Podcast - Destigmatising mental illness: the Sheffield story

YouTube video by Faculty of Health | University of Sheffield

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just came across this little gem of an article: doi.org/10.1093/shm/...@katemcal993.bsky.social#histmed

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Very kind, thank you!

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Iā€™ve just realised what the ā€˜Find and replaceā€™ function on Word actually does (donā€™t judge me) and I feel my life has changed forever

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I fell foul of autocorrect just now: instead of writing ā€˜all the bestā€™ at the end of my email, autocorrect went with ā€˜all the beardā€™

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Listening to an episode broadcast by BBC Radio Sheffield in 1980, which featured people from a local mental health centre for ā€˜stressā€™ talking about how they have no money, and was closed off by playing ā€˜Helpā€™ by The Beatles

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My husband carved this and I think it could be the perfect little worry stone (which is now mine)

Image shows a hand holding a small stone, which has a face carved into it.
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Today in the archive: ā€œSheffield library must be one of the best in the world- helps me when I feel lonely... place to sit and chat, people feel they belong in a community then.ā€

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Dr Kate McAllister
@katemcal993.bsky.social
Historian of modern British medicine and psychiatry ā–  she/her/hers
292 followers305 following60 posts