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Violence in mental health can't be ignored, but nor can the pain of punitive policies
Modern understanding of disability takes account of the barriers people face. Let’s do the same for mental health policyWhen Anna* became physically unwell as a student, her GP referred her to a psychiatrist and she agreed to voluntary treatment. After interviewing her for less than an hour, the psychiatrist diagnosed... -
Are co-living spaces the end of urban loneliness – or cynical corporate dorms?
Offering housing and communal space, co-living developments are either a solution to the urban housing crisis or simply an attempt to cash in on itIn the industrial chic lobby of the Collective, a huge apartment block in the northwest London neighbourhood of Willesden Junction, a set of posters advertise its...