Update: Wellcome Collection autumn events13 september 2007 |
Explore medicine, literature and health at a unique series of events at Wellcome Collection this autumn.
Highlights
Bobby Baker: How to Live
Thursday 20 September, 19.30-20.30 (fully booked)
Saturday 22 September, 15.00-16.00
Sunday 23 September, 15.00-16.00
Bobby Baker seeks to answer the question that has been challenging our greatest thinkers for thousands of years: how to live? Here, with the help of one of her patients, a frozen pea, she opens up her unique Therapy Empire, offering a set of life-changing techniques.
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Growing up in a Mad World
27 September 2007
19:00-20:30
A doctor's surgery is a long way away from most teenagers' minds. What role should parents play in diagnoses and treatment? How should we be treating young people with mental illness? What different challenges have to be overcome when prescribing drugs for developing minds rather than adults? Find out why treating the minds of young people matters.
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Exhibitions
Look out for the new exhibition 'Rebound' by Paul Ryan, which gives a compelling insight into the HIV epidemic in London from 1986 to 2006. Also coming soon: 'Sleeping and Dreaming', a major exhibition exploring the mysterious state we inhabit for a third of our lives.