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Explore the fascinating, surprising and sometimes dark world of mental health from the earliest civilisations to the present day with a neuropsychiatrist with over 30 years of clinical experience and a lifetime passion for history. I am planning to present a wide range of topics about mental health and how this has impacted on historical figures and celebrities, and how our understanding of mental symptoms has changed over time. There will be horror stories but also positive and uplifting stories and you will be challenged to reconsider some of the things you thought you knew. I aim to upload a new video every week - they will all have academic referencing in the description, so will be useful for anyone studying medicine, psychology or the social sciences, but hopefully they will also be of interest to anyone who likes history.
Warning: some videos will contain graphic medical images.
For business enquiries, please contact tomyorstonsocial@gmail.com.
Warning: some videos will contain graphic medical images.
For business enquiries, please contact tomyorstonsocial@gmail.com.
Mark Twain - The Early Years | Biographical Documentary
One of the best loved writers of all time, Mark Twain, had a tough childhood in rural Missouri and had to leave school at the age of 12 after his father died. He worked as a printer and then a Mississippi steamboat pilot before heading out west to try his luck as a silver miner in Nevada, where he found his true vocation as a writer.
His colourful descriptions of a new and evolving nation and the rollicking tales of his travels around the globe are full of his irrepressible humour, but late in life his optimism deserted him when he faced financial ruin and lost his wife and two of his daughters. His writing turned darker, and he developed a strange fascination with teenage girls.
In this biography of one of America’s most beguiling characters, we explore whether Mark Twain, the eternal optimist, became a bitter and twisted old man as some have suggested, or retained the cheery, light-hearted persona that produced the books that have entertained and enchanted millions for over 150 years.
Part One focusses on the first 32 years of life, with Part Two to be released soon.
Finding Out More
I found Ron Powers biography, Mark Twain - a Life to be detailed and comprehensive without being too academic. There are other biographies that provide different viewpoints on his life and Mark Twain’s autobiography, which is very entertaining, if not entirely reliable! I have listed some of the best of these on my Amazon Store Page. www.amazon.com/shop/professorgraemeyorston
Academic References
Amare, N., & Manning, A. (2017). The Mormon Entombed in Mark Twain’s Heart: Ina Coolbrith and Samuel Clemens. Mark Twain Journal, 55(1/2), 159-192.
Csicsila, J. (2018). The England Trip of 1872: Mark Twain's First Season in Hell. The Mark Twain Annual, 16(1), 1-10.
Gribben, A. (1972). Mark Twain, phrenology and the" temperaments": A study of pseudoscientific influence. American Quarterly, 24(1), 45-68.
Harris, S. K. (1985). Mark Twain's Bad Women. Studies in American Fiction, 13(2), 157-168.
Jones, A. E. (1956). Mark Twain and sexuality. PMLA, 71(4-Part-1), 595-616.
Richers, J. E., & Cicchetti, D. (1993). Mark Twain meets DSM-III-R: Conduct disorder, development, and the concept of harmful dysfunction. Development and Psychopathology, 5(1-2), 5-29.
Selby, P. O. (1980). Osteopathy and Mark Twain. Mark Twain Journal, 20(3), 24-25.
Copyright Disclaimer
The primary purpose of this video is educational. I have tried to use material in the public domain or with Creative Commons Non-attribution licences wherever possible. Where attribution is required, I have listed this below. I believe that any copyright material used falls under the remit of Fair Use, but if any content owners would like to dispute this, I will not hesitate to immediately remove that content. It is not my intention to infringe on content ownership in any way. If you happen to find your art or images in the video, please let me know and I will be glad to credit you.
Images
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Wellcome Collection
Library of Congress
Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Ct.
Internet Archive
Music
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Le Bananier Public domain
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Tournament Galop - Rampart Winds of the United States Air Force Academy Band Public domain
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne op 32 no 1 - Constantin Stephan CC4.0
Arabian Epic music - World Music official - CC3.0
Luau, Hawaiian Ukulele Music - Mikecolemusic - CC4.0
Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Cow Boy Rag - Bobby Heath, Charley O'Donnell The Cowboy Rag
Claude Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintet in G minor -Andante -The Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet CC2.0
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita For Solo Flute, a minor (BWV 1013). Scott Goff, flute
Debussy Rêverie - Arr for Soprano saxophone and piano - David Hernando Vitores
Riding into the Sun Telecasted CC0
Bone Dry Telecasted CC0
Mark Gustavson A Fool’s Journey CC3.0
Ludwig van Beethoven - Octet The Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet CC2.0
Growth/Decay Density and Time CC0
City Walk John Pattucci CC0 UA-cam
Video produced by Graeme Yorston and Tom Yorston.
His colourful descriptions of a new and evolving nation and the rollicking tales of his travels around the globe are full of his irrepressible humour, but late in life his optimism deserted him when he faced financial ruin and lost his wife and two of his daughters. His writing turned darker, and he developed a strange fascination with teenage girls.
In this biography of one of America’s most beguiling characters, we explore whether Mark Twain, the eternal optimist, became a bitter and twisted old man as some have suggested, or retained the cheery, light-hearted persona that produced the books that have entertained and enchanted millions for over 150 years.
Part One focusses on the first 32 years of life, with Part Two to be released soon.
Finding Out More
I found Ron Powers biography, Mark Twain - a Life to be detailed and comprehensive without being too academic. There are other biographies that provide different viewpoints on his life and Mark Twain’s autobiography, which is very entertaining, if not entirely reliable! I have listed some of the best of these on my Amazon Store Page. www.amazon.com/shop/professorgraemeyorston
Academic References
Amare, N., & Manning, A. (2017). The Mormon Entombed in Mark Twain’s Heart: Ina Coolbrith and Samuel Clemens. Mark Twain Journal, 55(1/2), 159-192.
Csicsila, J. (2018). The England Trip of 1872: Mark Twain's First Season in Hell. The Mark Twain Annual, 16(1), 1-10.
Gribben, A. (1972). Mark Twain, phrenology and the" temperaments": A study of pseudoscientific influence. American Quarterly, 24(1), 45-68.
Harris, S. K. (1985). Mark Twain's Bad Women. Studies in American Fiction, 13(2), 157-168.
Jones, A. E. (1956). Mark Twain and sexuality. PMLA, 71(4-Part-1), 595-616.
Richers, J. E., & Cicchetti, D. (1993). Mark Twain meets DSM-III-R: Conduct disorder, development, and the concept of harmful dysfunction. Development and Psychopathology, 5(1-2), 5-29.
Selby, P. O. (1980). Osteopathy and Mark Twain. Mark Twain Journal, 20(3), 24-25.
Copyright Disclaimer
The primary purpose of this video is educational. I have tried to use material in the public domain or with Creative Commons Non-attribution licences wherever possible. Where attribution is required, I have listed this below. I believe that any copyright material used falls under the remit of Fair Use, but if any content owners would like to dispute this, I will not hesitate to immediately remove that content. It is not my intention to infringe on content ownership in any way. If you happen to find your art or images in the video, please let me know and I will be glad to credit you.
Images
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Wellcome Collection
Library of Congress
Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Ct.
Internet Archive
Music
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Le Bananier Public domain
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Tournament Galop - Rampart Winds of the United States Air Force Academy Band Public domain
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne op 32 no 1 - Constantin Stephan CC4.0
Arabian Epic music - World Music official - CC3.0
Luau, Hawaiian Ukulele Music - Mikecolemusic - CC4.0
Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Cow Boy Rag - Bobby Heath, Charley O'Donnell The Cowboy Rag
Claude Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintet in G minor -Andante -The Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet CC2.0
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita For Solo Flute, a minor (BWV 1013). Scott Goff, flute
Debussy Rêverie - Arr for Soprano saxophone and piano - David Hernando Vitores
Riding into the Sun Telecasted CC0
Bone Dry Telecasted CC0
Mark Gustavson A Fool’s Journey CC3.0
Ludwig van Beethoven - Octet The Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet CC2.0
Growth/Decay Density and Time CC0
City Walk John Pattucci CC0 UA-cam
Video produced by Graeme Yorston and Tom Yorston.
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27 Club sold their souls to the Zionist /Jesuit Baphomet Templar KABA’AL.
Jimi died in London ,England -September 1970 👀 did you not bother to do any research 👀??!!!
Too much like woke Hollywood.
Tragically gone…….. Fame takes to many fabulous humans From this world. I saw her perform when she was in a very dark place….. it broke my heart
Hmmm ? Looks like death by chocolate. lol!
There is only one human disease which is called vitamin deficiency disease. The only proper human diet is the paleo diet. Any other diet will lead to an early death and constant illness.
RIP Whitney Houston I practice singing her songs her music will move on
Getting drunk on one glass does not mean your not an alcoholic,it's serious when that happens as the liver cannot break the alcohol down and that happens to alcoholics ,I've seen it in my sister and friend ,it never made sense until I researched it, in other words the liver is poorly because of the amount of alcohol that's been consumed, I feel sorry for Poe ,his life wasn't easy with early deaths , rejection and what would have appeared to him ...failure with his early writings, which some people would turn to alcohol as a crutch...a coping mechanism. Unfortunately it does take its toll.
Andy Warhol is sometimes lauded as THE patron saint of post modernism ~ sounds like so much word salad to me ~ and yet... he did seem to be the right man, at the right place, at the right time (1960's America). None of this speaks well for the place, time or THE man of that era. I sometimes see Trump as the last of Warhol's superstars ~ Andy's whole movement was at base embodied insanity that is today flaming out with Trump. I'm grateful to Andy for revealing Americans to themselves. It's now time to grow up America. Good riddance to bad trash. Thanks Andy for taking out the trash.
I loved this narrative.
Doctors cant be bothered finding out whats wrong when its to do with head pain. They prefer to say the patient is imagining it, which is really insulting.
I love Gershwin 🥰🇬🇧
Children are so cruel...
Joe was a bigot, an antisemite, hated Britain, and had no use for anyone who couldn’t gain him money, power or political advantage. He had particular disdain for women who “didn’t know their place” or caused problems. Rosemary might’ve fallen into that camp. She was a MAJOR liability, an embarrassment to him personally and he just plain didn’t want to mess with her. That he “just wanted her fixed” perhaps and then, when she was seemingly broken beyond all repair he wanted her erased from existence, would be just like him.
Really well done and thank you
The Arrow of Cupid
He looks like Till Lindemann. The singer in Rammstein.
Gershwin appropriate african american music, with no attribution!
I absolutely, without a doubt believe a nurse would have given this ridiculous advice - still now, and especially then.
Samuel Clemens, his real name, was a 33.3 degree freemason, and not to be trusted.
Give me a break! He knew nothing about LOVE !
Professor can I give you a suggestion for a subject? I have been obsessed with Sylvia Plath since I was 17 but it isn't her mental health issues that I am interested in, that is a subject that has been written about for over 50 years and has been well covered, rather it is her husband British Poet Ted Hughes who I don't understand, 2 women committed suicide after he dumped them, after Plath he never bothered with fidelity again even cheating on his 2nd wife of 30 years, I think that we would call him a sex addict these days, I have read every book written about him and still can't get a grip on what made him tick, I will say that even the books that claim to be unbiased written about him do not paint him in a good light yet his children & many friends were devoted to him. Please give it some consideration.
I read history all the time I find it fascinating. But …. Imagine if this happened today and a woman saw visions and heard voices of god she would be put away for a really long time before she had the chance to go to war with another country
Pleeeease, it's /'ka:pri/ NOT /ka:'pree/
Rest in Peace.Painful loss❤🇰🇪.
How about a video on Rachmaninoff and his depression vs his music, etc.
WAR IS A RACKET
Gone too soon
Amy was insecurely attached to an unreliable partner and placed all her happiness in the hands of someone else.
What really happened...he died
Wow! He looked much older than 48!
How was he faithful to his wife when he transmitted syphilis to her?
Check out Robert Frank a photographer who roamed America in the 1950’s with a M3 Leica. Stunning B&W captures were put into a book called The Americans. Most definitely a recording of time here in the our country that we all should view.
John Wayne Gacy
Thank you ...recognize a tin type I've held my great grandma was Sam's step mother ...😮😊
Bipolar Disorder, an invented disease to fill the bank accounts of psychiatrists and pharma. My guess? At the bottom of Hemingway"s medical and mental issues: booze and the lasting effect of dysfunctional parents.
I think God arranged for Mr. Capone to get what was coming to him. In the Bible it says your sins will find you out (Numbers 32:23). We see that even in our current President, Mr. Biden.
tRump has done much worse. I don't understand why Christians support him because he is far from a Christian.
What a horrible thing that happened to her. Wouldn’t have happened today.
I agree that alcohol was ever a necessary ingredient in any artist’s talent. I do object, however, to the implication that being promiscuous is a sign of some psychosis. That is an artificial moral judgment turned into a diagnosis of emotional or mental defect.
I always felt this was truth based ... it's too strong to be completely made up
Your story telling is fantastic.
Frida didn't have any of those supposed syndromes. The poor woman was perpetually plagued by pain unrelenting pain.
I just bet that once hero-artist Frida Kahlo met GOD in Person, knowing Frido she more than likely gave GOD an earful.
"I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learned how to swim;" classic.
When u said he was known as the man who didnt smile i wonder the expression poe face come from
Rest In Peace Miss Whitney Houston
It is interesting that Dick Diver ended up in Buffalo ,New York. Nancy Milford aside ,most literary critics see her as a talented amateur
He's just a Poe boy From a Poe family
Illuminati had a big roll if you don't get in to there program they destroy u..
You need better bookshelves