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Theatre: Performing rituals

Emily A. Holmes commends a theatrical meditation on obsessive–compulsive disorder.

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Holmes, E. Theatre: Performing rituals. Nature 519, 289 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/519289a

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  1. Asylums closed for a reason good people mental needs to no one needs a bowl on their head and shocked no christian or other needs called a schitzophrenic for hearing GODS voice maybe bad people dont want to hear GOD or their mother but good does we havd religous rights they break the rules of even doping children it aint right cops just sit there and watch and they swindle with their words at a funeral the depressed think different and are happy because the dead used to say something funny and who hasnt went insane about a bugfly or doesnt understand that insaneness most do it can be explained easier than a mental pill mexicans loved GODS garden bean they aint all vitamined out its time for changes partners in ownership of this country yes you own it to we share the bank account lets dont pay some people again budget cut is like personal bankruptcy they gave too much it was like they eon a million dollars or spending a rich persons money

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