Is Violence Normal?

The Reith Lectures by BBC

Nov 26, 202458:01Society & Culture

In her 2024 Reith Lectures, Dr Gwen Adshead, addresses four questions that she has most commonly faced in her work as a therapist with violent perpetrators in secure psychiatric units and prisons: Is Violence normal? Wha...

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