Join Alice and Winkie as they discuss Mental Health month by examining some pretty sad treatments for patients in the 19th and 20th centuries. They cover Nellie Bly, the brave young woman who admitted herself to the Women's Lunatic Asylum in New York to uncover the dirty details of what was going on there. They also talk about the tragic life of Rosemary Kennedy whose father arranged for her to have a lobotomy* to save the family's political careers. Alice also offers some resources for anyone looking for mental health help.

Main theme - Slinky by Robert John

* In the episode I said her lobotomy was hidden until the 1980s. It was actually made public in the 1960s.