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A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological pattern, potentially reflected in behavior, that is generally associated

with distress or disability, and which is not considered part of normal development of a person’s culture. Mental disorders are generally defined by a combination of how a person feels, acts,

thinks or perceives.

Under the National Health Service and Community Care Act in 1990, people with mental health problems were able to remain in their own homes whilst undergoing treatment. This meant

that the majority of psychiatric hospitals were in turn shut down.

This book takes you on a journey through a series of eight aban-doned buildings. All of the images were taken using film and were shot using both a Lomography LC-A or a Minature Diana

Camera.

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Westerleigh School: Hastings- p11,12,17,20,21,22,27,32,33

St. Auhustine’s Hosiptal: Chartham- p3,4,5,37

St. Peters Hospital Mortuary: Chertsey- p39

Harperbury Hospital: Shenley- p15,36

Babies Castle Orphanage: Hawkhurst Kent- p6,8,9,10,13,18,24,25

Springfield Hospital: Tooting- p35

The Mount Hospital: Hampshire- p28,29,30,31

Chessington Abandoned House- p7, 34

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Richard Carlson - p2Pras Michel - p6John Green, Looking for Alaska - p9Karen Duffy - p10Janne Teller - Nothing - p12Markus Zusak, The Book Thief - p16Don Marquis - p19Billy Joel - p21Susan Sontag - p25Henry Fosdick - p27Michael Landon - p28Stephen Chbosky, Perks of Being a Wallflower - p15, 24, 29Gloria Steinem - p23Corazon Aquino - p33Winston Churchill - p37Brock Thoene, Shiloh Autumn - p36Bill Clinton - p39

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