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katherine jane cecil
London
England

Colours /July 27, 2016 by kat

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This is a reflexive blog about the realities of mental health care and stigmatisation in the UK. It is a separate project to my PhD, details of which can be found here: 📚


Latest Posts

Blog: Mental Illness & Stigma
The NHS is 70, as someone with a mental illness, I have some strong feels about that…
The NHS is 70, as someone with a mental illness, I have some strong feels about that…
about 5 months ago

It is the NHS’s 70th birthday. It is an incredible service, one that I love and cherish, it must be maintained — but, as a service user, I cannot stress enough that it must not be maintained in its current form. I have been catastrophically let down by a system that was built to protect me, and I am angry.

Glen: The Boy Who Lived (Be Queer, Be Proud).
Glen: The Boy Who Lived (Be Queer, Be Proud).
about 2 years ago

I don’t know what it is to be a gay man, but I do have an understanding of how our society reviles those who do not fit the normative ideal. I understand that it thrives by punishing those who do not satisfy the précis: ‘typical’ [...]

Let’s make 2016 the year we talk about mental health the *right* way
Let’s make 2016 the year we talk about mental health the *right* way
about 3 years ago

How can the stigma of mental health be broken in 2016? Talking, is a start. Recognising that 1-4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem in any one year, and not feeling sheepish to admit that the mind, like the body, can go awry —  and that during those times the person suffering will need support [...]

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