Dr Hannah Blythe
@hanblythe.bsky.social
Health humanities and history of mental health, psychology, charity and the NHS. Former policy person. Trying to play squash.
Currently at Leeds, formerly LSHTM and Cambridge. Affiliated at Birkbeck.
Currently at Leeds, formerly LSHTM and Cambridge. Affiliated at Birkbeck.
Pinned
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Latest writing, with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social. Intro to our special issue of @histhum.bsky.social:
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
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Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
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Reposted by Dr Hannah Blythe
Please circulate. Our deadline for our ECR Prize at @histhum.bsky.social is approaching (30 January 2026)
30 January 2026 deadline!
History of the Human Sciences Early Career Prize 2025–26
All details here: www.histhum.com/early-career...
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History of the Human Sciences Early Career Prize 2025–26
All details here: www.histhum.com/early-career...
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Early Career Prize 2025–26: History of the Human Sciences
Credit: A floral border for pietra dura (marble inlaid with semi-precious stones). Gouache painting by an Indian artist. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.
www.histhum.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Please circulate. Our deadline for our ECR Prize at @histhum.bsky.social is approaching (30 January 2026)
Sounds like a great idea to make use of these wonderful rooms
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Sounds like a great idea to make use of these wonderful rooms
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Deadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds!
Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk
More details at:
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@sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed
Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk
More details at:
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@sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed
a black and white alarm clock shows that it is almost 5:00
Alt: a black and white alarm clock counting down
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January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Deadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds!
Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk
More details at:
sshm.org/sshm-2026-in...
@sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed
Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk
More details at:
sshm.org/sshm-2026-in...
@sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed
So useful!
If someone earned 50 shillings a week 100 years ago, was that... good or bad?
Our handy guide 'What could you buy with a working class wage?', c.1900s-1920s, may be able to help!
Explore examples of weekly budgets, ads for consumer goods and more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Our handy guide 'What could you buy with a working class wage?', c.1900s-1920s, may be able to help!
Explore examples of weekly budgets, ads for consumer goods and more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So useful!
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We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference!
We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
‘The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering’ Conference Programme – Voices of Motherhood
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference!
We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
And here is David W. Jones’s Bluesky @davidwynj.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
And here is David W. Jones’s Bluesky @davidwynj.bsky.social
Very good question. I really hope this material remains accessible.
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Very good question. I really hope this material remains accessible.
It's advent, so here's a blog I wrote last year about how NHS hospitals have used charity to observe Christmas @bharchives.bsky.social
www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blo...
www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blo...
Essential Comforts | Blogs from the Archives-Barts Health NHS Trust
Christmas Charity in the Early NHS
www.bartshealth.nhs.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's advent, so here's a blog I wrote last year about how NHS hospitals have used charity to observe Christmas @bharchives.bsky.social
www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blo...
www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blo...
I did not know this! Do you know where it will be dispersed to? I really love this article - so many fascinating threads for further research come out of it too.
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I did not know this! Do you know where it will be dispersed to? I really love this article - so many fascinating threads for further research come out of it too.
#mentalhealth #healthhumanities #history #psychosocial #recovery #rehabiliation #psychology #psychiatry #survivor #charity
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sixth article is by Jeanette Copperman and Sarah Chaney @kentishscribbler.bsky.social
The politics of recovery: Women’s mental health activism in the UK, 1986–2002, with a focus on Bristol Crisis Service for Women
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The politics of recovery: Women’s mental health activism in the UK, 1986–2002, with a focus on Bristol Crisis Service for Women
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sixth article is by Jeanette Copperman and Sarah Chaney @kentishscribbler.bsky.social
The politics of recovery: Women’s mental health activism in the UK, 1986–2002, with a focus on Bristol Crisis Service for Women
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The politics of recovery: Women’s mental health activism in the UK, 1986–2002, with a focus on Bristol Crisis Service for Women
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Fifth article is by Ulrich Koch @ulikoch.bsky.social ky.social
Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74
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Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74
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Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74 - Ulrich Koch, 2025
This article uses the early history of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) as a lens to draw out the epistemic and ethical-political stakes of rehabilitation ...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fifth article is by Ulrich Koch @ulikoch.bsky.social ky.social
Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Abandoning rehabilitation and reclaiming recovery: Methadone maintenance treatment and the undoing of a ‘boundary object’, 1966–74
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Fourth article is by Rachael I. Rosner
Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory
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Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fourth article is by Rachael I. Rosner
Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Leon J. Saul, Aaron T. Beck, and the story of recovery inside the Beck Depression Inventory
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Third article is by Grace Whorrall-Campbell @whc-grace.bsky.social
Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83
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Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Third article is by Grace Whorrall-Campbell @whc-grace.bsky.social
Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83
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Rehabilitation at Roffey Park: Management and psychiatry in occupational mental health, 1943–83
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Second article is by David W. Jones and Craig Fees @cfees.bsky.social
Making space for ‘THOSE OTHERS’: The Q Camps Committee's cross-disciplinary exploration of disturbance and rehabilitation in 1930s Britain
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Making space for ‘THOSE OTHERS’: The Q Camps Committee's cross-disciplinary exploration of disturbance and rehabilitation in 1930s Britain
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Second article is by David W. Jones and Craig Fees @cfees.bsky.social
Making space for ‘THOSE OTHERS’: The Q Camps Committee's cross-disciplinary exploration of disturbance and rehabilitation in 1930s Britain
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Making space for ‘THOSE OTHERS’: The Q Camps Committee's cross-disciplinary exploration of disturbance and rehabilitation in 1930s Britain
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
First article is by me:
Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928
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Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928
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Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928 - Hannah Blythe, 2025
This article argues for the importance of studying life after mental illness. A significant proportion of people who experience mental illness recover, but the ...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First article is by me:
Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Mental recovery, citizenship roles, and the Mental After-Care Association, 1879–1928
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Special issue of @histhum.bsky.social co-edited by me and @sarahvmarks.bsky.social is out! There’s an Intro and six further articles.
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
Here’s our co-authored Intro:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
Here’s our co-authored Intro:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Special issue of @histhum.bsky.social co-edited by me and @sarahvmarks.bsky.social is out! There’s an Intro and six further articles.
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
Here’s our co-authored Intro:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
Here’s our co-authored Intro:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Latest writing, with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social. Intro to our special issue of @histhum.bsky.social:
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Latest writing, with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social. Intro to our special issue of @histhum.bsky.social:
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Dr Hannah Blythe
Applications are now open for our 2026 International Medical Humanities PhD Summer School!
The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se.
Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...
The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se.
Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Applications are now open for our 2026 International Medical Humanities PhD Summer School!
The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se.
Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...
The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se.
Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...
I’ve be co-editing a special issue of @histhum.bsky.social with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social on
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: historical perspectives
Our Intro article is available now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: historical perspectives
Our Intro article is available now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives - Hannah Blythe, Sarah Marks, 2025
Recovery and rehabilitation are highly charged terms in contemporary mental health, with their meanings and implications contested by professionals and survivor...
journals.sagepub.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I’ve be co-editing a special issue of @histhum.bsky.social with @sarahvmarks.bsky.social on
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: historical perspectives
Our Intro article is available now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: historical perspectives
Our Intro article is available now! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Dr Hannah Blythe
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social and Sarah Marks @sarahvmarks.bsky.social’s introduction to their special issue journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social and Sarah Marks @sarahvmarks.bsky.social’s introduction to their special issue journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives - Hannah Blythe, Sarah Marks, 2025
Recovery and rehabilitation are highly charged terms in contemporary mental health, with their meanings and implications contested by professionals and survivor...
journals.sagepub.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Recovery and rehabilitation in mental health: Historical perspectives
Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social and Sarah Marks @sarahvmarks.bsky.social’s introduction to their special issue journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social and Sarah Marks @sarahvmarks.bsky.social’s introduction to their special issue journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I did end up with amazing supervisors, plus an affiliation with a London uni. But if I’d not secured funding elsewhere, finances would have been very scary!
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I did end up with amazing supervisors, plus an affiliation with a London uni. But if I’d not secured funding elsewhere, finances would have been very scary!
The cost of living in London (six years ago) was the primary reason I did not do my PhD in London. Even with a stipend more generous than the UKRI’s, it would have been financially a ludicrous, practically unviable, decision. PhD students need to be treated and paid like independent adults
'Drawing attention to the diminished real-terms value of the London weighting set by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – which has remained at £2,000 a year since at least 2006 – students’ unions...have called on the funder to massively increase the allowance'.
Increase London PhD allowance by £2,500, UKRI urged
Decades-long freeze on London weighting is making PhD study unaffordable despite recent record stipend increase, student groups warn
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The cost of living in London (six years ago) was the primary reason I did not do my PhD in London. Even with a stipend more generous than the UKRI’s, it would have been financially a ludicrous, practically unviable, decision. PhD students need to be treated and paid like independent adults
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Check out new new #histmed CFPs added to our page:
'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context'
Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026
Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball
@re-histories.bsky.social
#DisHist
'Life Histories in Mind: Mental ILL Health and Learning Disability in Context'
Manchester Metropolitan University, 21 July 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2026
Organised by Rob Ellis and Rebecca Ball
@re-histories.bsky.social
#DisHist
History of Medicine CFPs
If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Intimate States: New Histories of Medicine, Welfare, and Care under Socialism Location…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Thanks @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
@mkbruun.bsky.social and I are of course delighted to see it out in the world.
@mkbruun.bsky.social and I are of course delighted to see it out in the world.
TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF PSYCHOLOGY: Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare, edited by Mikkel Kenni Bruun and Rebecca Hutten @rhutten.bsky.social has now been published!
Find out more here: bit.ly/3VhGHV7
#Anthropology #MedicalAnthropology
Find out more here: bit.ly/3VhGHV7
#Anthropology #MedicalAnthropology
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thanks @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
@mkbruun.bsky.social and I are of course delighted to see it out in the world.
@mkbruun.bsky.social and I are of course delighted to see it out in the world.