A psychiatrist’s manuscript, 1950

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KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset REBECCA PROBERT is professor of law at the University of Exeter STEVE THOMAS is a genealogist with over 20 years’ experience PHIL TOMASELLI is a mi

Sebastian Faulks was a student when a terrifying episode “severed” his link with reality – an experience that has fuelled his mission to understand psychosis and schizophrenia