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Dr Gwen Adshead
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Kirsty Young's castaway is the forensic psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead.
A consultant at Broadmoor Hospital, it is her job to try to understand the behaviour of some of the most vilified people in our society. The Victorian institution in Berkshire is home to more than two hundred men; all people who have been convicted or accused of the most dangerous violent behaviour.
Her life outside work seems impossibly normal - bringing up her children, singing in a choir and gardening fill her spare time. Of her work, she says: "Other people's minds are so fascinating I can't think of anything more interesting and I can't understand why everyone isn't a psychiatrist."
Producer: Leanne Buckle
Record: James Taylor - Shower the People
Book: Biggest book of poetry available.
Luxury: Pen and paper.
A consultant at Broadmoor Hospital, it is her job to try to understand the behaviour of some of the most vilified people in our society. The Victorian institution in Berkshire is home to more than two hundred men; all people who have been convicted or accused of the most dangerous violent behaviour.
Her life outside work seems impossibly normal - bringing up her children, singing in a choir and gardening fill her spare time. Of her work, she says: "Other people's minds are so fascinating I can't think of anything more interesting and I can't understand why everyone isn't a psychiatrist."
Producer: Leanne Buckle
Record: James Taylor - Shower the People
Book: Biggest book of poetry available.
Luxury: Pen and paper.
Released:
Jul 11, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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