MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This Eating Disorders Awareness Week, MQ’s copywriter Juliette Burton who also works as a writer, comedian, and mental health activist, shares her experience of what happened the day she was sectioned under the mental health act for anorexia. So, I spent my 18 th birthday sectioned under the mental health act in hospital. I thought.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 14, 2023

MQ supporter Giles Addison kindly shared his personal experience of being diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder. Giles’ condition is related to but separate as a diagnosis from both Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. This was especially true in my past work environment, or wider social circles.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 26, 2022

2 out of 3 adults have experienced an adverse childhood experience , which is “linked to chronic health problems, mental illness, and substance misuse in adulthood.”. When we are overwhelmed by life, we seek reprieve from the frustration, guilt, and pain of reality (or what we’ve come to believe as reality). What is depression?

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

This is one of my favorite places in the world: Acadia National Park in Maine. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. There was a security guard or hospital aide sitting right outside my door day and night. My husband hesitated.

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