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50 results found for '"Mental diseases"' in Keywords.
Arthur Matthews, ex-butler on Idi Amin (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Part of an interview by Peter Sharp with Arthur Matthews, former butler of Ugandan President, Idi Amin. He speaks about Amin’s personality and habits and his own fear of being sent to prison and mixed...
Hayes on Sunday (1977)
- Genre
- Book review; Discussion; Interview; Phone-in
Hayes on Sunday revisits the week’s shows with guests: Bryan Magee MP and novelist on his book Facing Death, terminal care and our own mortality, and takes phone call on experience of father dying. Sue...
Man sacked because of psychiatric illness (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Larry Gostin, MIND, on the legal implications of a case where a man was sacked because of a previous history of psychiatric illness. Male interviewer not identified.
Using drugs on children in care (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the growing concern over use of drugs to control mentally ill or out of control children in care. Includes interviews with psychiatrist Dr Colin Brewer who believes drugs are used excessively; Eric...
Views on Stalin (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, his paranoia and the rewriting of his period of government and policies, he is now seen as an embarrasment. And what he would think of the state of the USSR today....
Armed forces - Conditions in Northern Ireland (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Northern Ireland Secretary, Roy Mason) on conditions facing British armed forces in Northern Ireland, following an incident involving a British soldier who was returned to...
Psychiatrist on Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Psychiatrist Dr Stephen Shaw on the psychological profile of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper. In commenting on the response of prostitutes to the attacks, Shaw differentiates between what he calls the...
Stephen Shaw on Peter Sutcliffe’s paranoid schizophrenia (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Psychiatrist, Dr Stephen Shaw talks about Peter Sutcliffe who is said to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Shaw says it is improbable that Sutcliffe could fool psychiatrists about his condition. Male...
Mark Chapman sentenced - Lawyer claims insanity (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
The unidentified lawyer of Mark Chapman (poss. Jonathan Marks) tells a press conference that he believes Chapman to be clinically insane, following Chapman’s sentencing to 20 years’ imprisonment for the...
Winston Rose unlawful killing verdict (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the death after a struggle with police of Winston Rose, who suffered mental health problems after an operation, and unlawful killing verdict of coroner. With comment from half-brother Felix and...