Old Black Cloud ‘Portrays the experience of growing

‘Portrays the experience of growing up with a touch of humour and keen insight’ — Jim Sullivan

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Reuben Patterson

Old Black Cloud ‘Portrays the experience of growingA timely contribution to understanding mental health Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand, and it has an increasingly high profile. But during our history, depression has often been hidden under a long black cloud of denial that we have not always lived up to the Kiwi ideal of being pragmatic and have not always coped. Using historic patient records as a starting place, and informed by her own experience of depression,