Those whom the Gods would destroy, the old saying goes, they first make mad. But it wasn’t the Gods who drove me to madness and destruction. It was me, writes Horatio Clare
Those whom the Gods would destroy, the old saying goes, they first make mad. But it wasn’t the Gods who drove me to madness and destruction. It was me.
Two years ago, at the age of 45, I had a catastrophic breakdown. I believed I was in contact with aliens.
I was going to marry Kylie Minogue. I rolled my car down a hill and ended up naked on the roof of someone else’s. I was sectioned and detained in a mental hospital.
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Dr Joseph Berke, psychiatrist was a pioneer in his thinking
Drawn to a hippie outlook with strong views against the Vietnam War, he had been exempted from military service as a conscientious objector
A PIONEERING psychiatrist, Dr Joseph Berke, whose study of the descent of a nurse into a form of madness became the plot of a well known play, has died at 81.
Dr Berke wrote several books on psychiatry during the 1970s and 1980s and linked up with the controversial psychiatrist RD Laing, organising an international conference at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm.
In the mid-60s he looked after a nurse, Mary Barnes, who was in a poor mental state, feeding and bathing and cleaning up after her.
Memoir, biography, essays and more. By Aoife Barry Saturday 9 Jan 2021, 7:00 AM Jan 9th 2021, 7:00 AM 12,406 Views 0 Comments
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YES, THERE ARE still more books to look out for this year. We already told you what Irish books to watch out for, and what international fiction to keep track of.
Here’s our list of mostly international non-fiction for those who prefer things out of the fictional realm.
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley Ford
Ford, a features writer, has a huge amount of fans in the US – but many here too in Ireland. This book, about the imprisonment of her father and its effect on her life, is sure to be a fascinating read.