James Mather is a psychiatrist in his sixties. He is invited to take on a new group of patients. All he knows about them is that each one claims to have been abducted by aliens. His wife, Deborah, is sceptical, but he gets going anyway. His patients tell mesmerising stories. There’s Anthony, for instance, whoContinue reading “Q&A with Amanda Lohrey on Capture: Alien abduction, scepticism and psychiatric research”
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Author interview | Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist talk the Glass House
Join us for a fascinating interview with Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion, authors of the Menzies Mental Health series – i.e. The Glass House (book 1) and The Oasis (book 2). We have a lot to talk about including the complexity of the Australian mental health care system, balancing technical accuracy and storytelling, and tellingContinue reading “Author interview | Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist talk the Glass House”