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Cathy Coleborne

@cathycoleborne.bsky.social

Historian of illness, health & medicine, with a focus on institutions & psychiatry, based at the University of Newcastle, Australia. New project on polio memories & experiences.

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The latest cover!

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Mental Health in Historical Perspective | Book titles in this series Covering all historical periods and geographical contexts, the series explores how mental illness has beenΒ understood, experienced, diagnosed, treated and ...

Find out more here: link.springer.com/series/14806...

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Celebrating the latest book in our Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series (Palgrave) co-edited with @healthhistory.bsky.social. Now 35 titles & counting! Covers many places & time periods in histories of mental health.

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A Social History of Polio Vaccination in Australia, 1950s to 1970s

Amazing History of Medicine PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Newcastle (Australia), part of Prof Cathy Coleborne's ARC grant on Australian experiences of polio: www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...

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