Emily Katy

Why is it that news publications including the BBC which is meant to be impartial are allowed to publish headlines such as this when this is not at all what the review actually states?

This week is Dyslexia awareness week.

10% of the population are thought to be dyslexic, yet the British Dyslexia Association estimate that 80% of students with dyslexia leave school undiagnosed.

A coroner has said that there is “significant risk of future deaths” unless delays within ADHD services are fixed, following 34-year-old Bethany Hewitt dying by suicide whilst on the waitlist for an ADHD assessment. She died on 22 February 2026 and had been referred for an ADHD…

This year, I stayed in a crisis house run by the charity Mind on two occasions - at the end of January/start of February and again in June. I was referred by the crisis team, the first time because my parents were going away and the…

I have officially resigned as a mental health nurse in the NHS, after four years of working with the most wonderful team…

Black people in the UK face systemic barriers to accessing mental health support when seeking it voluntarily and yet are four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act…

Today is the first of the month which means that it’s #PostYourPill day - a campaign started by Dr Alex George to break down the stigma around taking medication for your mental health.

Today, I wanted to share my experience: antipsychotic medication has given me my life back…

This was a question left on my most recent Instagram reel where, like in my last blog post, I shared my journey of anorexia recovery. And it’s a very valid question. At first, I wasn’t sure that I was going to answer because I by no…

One year ago today, at the age of 23, I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa, an eating disorder with the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.

My eating disorder story is not your typical one. I never…