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Dr. Joseph H. Berke

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 and become a famous artist, writer and mystic.

THE HERALD GLASGOW JULY 2001

Artist who found her talent after 'journey through madness' in R D Laing's experimental community

THE TIMES MONDAY 9 JULY 2001

Psychotherapy patient who was weaned a second time. as an artist and writer

NORTHERN SCOT FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001

Tomintoul artist dies at home

THE GUARDIAN JULY 13 2001

Gifted artist who documented her struggle with mental illness in paint and print

THE JOINT NEWSLETTER

A life ends

OBITUARY BY DR. PIERRE HAOUR (IN FRENCH)

Un autre voyage pour Mary Barnes

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2001

Artist whose madness inspired a play

Mary Barnes Portrait

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