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THE HERALD GLASGOW JULY 2001
Artist who found her talent after 'journey through madness' in R D Laing's experimental community
THE GUARDIAN JULY 13 2001
Gifted artist who documented her struggle with mental illness in paint and print
THE TIMES MONDAY 9 JULY 2001
Psychotherapy patient who was weaned a second time. as an artist and writer
Mary Barnes: 1923-2001
Mary Barnes
Mary Barnes played an important role in Dr Joseph Berke's life. It was the 1960's and with R. D. Laing at Kingsley Hall, where he helped Mary Barnes, a nurse who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia to emerge from madness. Barnes later became a famous artist, writer and mystic.
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