As a mental health service user and an NHS staff member i was recently asked by NHS IQ to give my views on what the effect of not having 7 Day Services has on patients. You can see me and other members of the public and patients giving our views here.
The home of Emma O'Brien
Mostly based on mental health but not all I write about everything
Writing on nature connection, gardening, compassion and mental wellbeing.
Investigating causes & costs of institutional & interpersonal trauma: site redesign in progress. Resources coming soon.
mad girl rants
A walk around the edge of the UK making a noise about mental health
Creating new and innovative theatre, telling honest and relevant stories of the modern world.
Mental health stigma will always exist but we can reduce it!
Thoughts on the Digital World and the Mind
Digital campaigns portfolio
A blog about depression
Rewriting the heart and letting go.
Ups and downs, meanderings and results of PhD life. Among other things
Essays and poems about Autistic experience, mental illness, & (post-) ABD life
DIFFERENT NOT BROKEN
I'm a writer, a mamma, a recovered anorexic, a book-worm, a recovered bulimic, a runner, not in that order. Here id like to talk about that stuff
Justice consists of the social arrangements needed for every human being to be able to flourish.
The Great Balancing Act 