20th June 1973, Ward 15, Friern Barnet Hospital to be precise. It took 20 years but the experience changed my… more
Category: Mental health care
What should happen when things go wrong?
Martyn has been an advocacy campaigner for over 15 years. He runs True Voice as an independent consultant and continues… more
Musings on a World Mental Health Day (10 October 2017)
(Originally written for Dina’s blog in Asylum magazine) It has been announced that from autumn 2018 the Department of Health… more
Mental health teams in crisis
Joy Hibbins, who runs a Suicide Crisis Centre primarily set up to support people who do not access other services,… more