One in 4 people today experience a mental health problem and the World Health Organisation says we are currently witnessing a global mental health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic and isolation has also created many mental health challenges. In this episode Professor Catharine Coleborne shares her research with us which is understanding these challenges historically. Cathy leads the Future of Madness Network at the University of Newcastle and has recently published a book Why talk about Madness? Bringing history into the conversation. In this episode we learn about what it means to study the history of madness and why is it important to voice these histories.
