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# Mental Illness
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Famous People With Schizophrenia And Other Relatable Mental Illnesses
Schizophrenia is more than “hearing voices.” It is possibly the most severe mental illness that is known to exist, and it inflicts people at all strata of society. Some people with schizophrenia…
American History
16 Terrifying Facts About Mental Asylums in the Early 20th Century
Few institutions in history evoke more horror than the turn of the 20th century “lunatic asylums.” Infamous for involuntary committals…
General
20 Great Historical Figures Who Struggled with Mental Illness
Mental health has been something of an enigma for most of human history. Before the age of science, people suffering…
American History
10 Horrifying Examples of People Subjected to Lobotomies and their Tragic Results
The operation known as a lobotomy was developed by a Portuguese neurologist, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize…
American History
Jazz Queen Zelda Fitzgerald Suffered a Tragic, Fiery Death
Tucked in the mountains of Western North Carolina, a woman looks out from a window. Her clothes plain- much plainer…