In the last week I submitted my draft article on #ViscountCastlereagh and mental health to a journal for consideration. It's fitting timing, considering that August 2022 will mark 200 years since Castlereagh's suicide. 1/
#Castlereagh200
To take 2 lines from the abstract:
1) Mental health is still a missing link in our understanding of both Castlereagh as a public and private figure, and the politics of his era. 2/
#MentalHealthAwareness
2) Castlereagh continues to be relevant today because his story illustrates the need to understand the complexity of mental health risks in politics, and the types of persistent mental health risks that are still relevant to today’s politicians and civil servants.
Over the next several months, I'll tweet thought-provoking (hopefully) ideas from the article under the hashtag #Castlereagh200. Looking forward to the discussion.
#twitterstorians #HistParl
@StephenMcIlveen--you might be interested in this research given @ANDborough's efforts to mark the bicentennial of Castlereagh's suicide.
@NTmountstewart
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