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I am an author, speaker and former mental health worker/trainer. My memoir, The Dark Threads, by Jean Davison (Hachette) is about my experiences of psychiatry in the late 1960's to early 1970's, raising issues about psychiatric services which are still relevant today. ...more

Average rating: 4.16 · 135 ratings · 15 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Dark Threads

4.16 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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This is an extraordinary and fascinating memoir. The author is a practising psychiatrist who has achieved success in her career while struggling with severe health problems which led to many ECT sessions, and drug treatment. It is clearly a brave and ...more
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