title: The psychiatrist, the historian and The Christian Watt Papers.
abstract: The publication in the 1980s of The Christian Watt Papers brought to public attention the life of a previously unknown, long-term inmate of the Aberdeen Royal Asylum. Christian Watt's story inspired a play and a television documentary. This paper examines what the historical records reveal about Watt's life and how this compares with her own account.
authors.affiliation: Queen Margaret Hospital, Whitefield Road, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 0SU, UK. Allan.Beveridge@faht.scot.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beveridge
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D011287:Prejudice; D012606:Scotland