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Hating heroes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Louis Appleby*
Affiliation:
Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
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The press hated ‘Shrinks’. London's Evening Standard dismissed it as “one part guilt, two parts torment”. The Guardian called it “really naff” and predicted it would be axed or, if it was lucky, rescheduled until after everyone with taste had gone to bed. But it wasn't, and there must have been many real-life shrinks who were glad of it.

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