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The Highs and Lows of the Bastard Genius

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That I had both an iPad and iPhone in my bag at the time but rummaged for a pen and wrote quotes straight onto my forearm felt right - felt fitting - while watching Steve Jobs.

Biro on bare skin felt like a teeny tiny protest in a teeny tiny cinema against the output of the tortured male genius, the tortured male genius arsehole, the tortured male...

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Historical hospital records can show us what not to do in helping psychosis patients

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imageLooking at historical records gives us an idea of how we can fail to fully understand medical conditions if the patient is denied a voice.Photograph by Neil Brandvold for USAID

Looking at historical health-care records can reveal how misunderstanding of a medical condition first came to develop and why it may not be being treated properly.

Conditions...

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