Inside the Obesity Crisis
Re-framing weight-management
The complex mind
A myriad of challenges to individualised, holistic care surface once mental stability is compromised
A Bitter Pill
Young male suicide statistics triggered this joint exploration into the need for adequate support-systems to be in place – before crisis-points are reached
The art of adding beauty to the brain
A GP’s approach to living with dementia as an opportunity for growth in herself offers unorthodox, positive, alternatives
Bubble
A hospital visit to a friend profoundly altered bodily and mentally whilst being treated for an eating disorder
Crumpled Sheets
A multi-sensory embodiment of depression
Life… injecting it or sucking it away?
The struggle to break the cycle of addiction explored
Living with Alcoholism
The author’s experience as child/carer alongside her mother’s addiction
Big Black Dogs
Metaphorical musing around depression as something which cannot be shaken off
The Knot
An analysis of the impact of alcoholism and drug abuse upon the individual, their family and professionals involved
Use Your EQ not just your IQ
Rap based on the need to take an holistic approach during consultation
Depression
A personal account of depression – family and peer response and stigma around revealing mental health issues
Trapped
Prose from the viewpoint of young girl with her mother in consultation -unable to get word in edgewise
Disabled Mind
A teenager with a cleanliness phobia, perpetual hand-cleaning, turns inwards
Old Addicts
Poem about the precariousness of drug addiction
No one
A poetic processing of living with OCD
The Patient
A bleak experience visiting a hospitalized friend – the complexities of mental health care
I am Like an Onion
Meeting an elderly lady with depression – haunted by her horrific childhood experiences in wartime Germany
Depression
A suicidal, depressed man confined at home
My Mother: The Stranger
The poet accompanies his mother through acute clinical depression