Inspiring Community Mental Health Action in Manchester
The positive energy at the recent 'Re-envisioning Mental Health Care' conference organised by the local grassroots group CHARM in Manchester was palpable. Coming up...
How do novelists write about characters who are experiencing emotional distress?
I have just finished working on a novel called ‘The Matchbox Girl’ which is a fictional account of the life of the real Dr...
The blues in my world as an artist
I have been reading online articles about mental health in general and sometimes commenting on them and getting involved in discussions. This type of...
Facing the truth about World Mental Health Day
Eight years ago, on World Mental Health Day 2017, I wrote a piece for Mad in America called World Mental Health Day - Challenging...
“Something Always Felt Off” – Stripping Suffering from Context in Clinical Work
Discover how mainstream psychology individualizes pain while ignoring caste, class, gender, and cultural realities in South Asian contexts.
Editor's note: this blog was first published...