Living Histories - 'Believed and Understood'

Charlotte Petts & Micheal Umney (UK 2026)

26 min

Living Histories shares the unheard oral histories of people who have used or worked in NHS mental health services in Sussex from the closure of the asylums in the 1980's, up to and including the Covid-19 pandemic. Through a series of podcasts, created using clips from these oral histories, we explored the common themes threaded through these real-life stories.

This episode - For people with mental health problems, the right diagnosis and treatment can be transformative, making sense of life and its challenges and building hope for the future. Believed and Understood explores the power diagnosis can hold and the impact it has on recovery.

Produced by Charlotte Petts and Michael Umney.

Project by Heads On Charity supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, NHS Charities Together and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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