mental illness – Angela J Williams

What I learned from sharing my psychotic break on social media (10 min)

My name is Angela and I have complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In 2016/7, I had a psychotic break, was hospitalised twice, had Electro Convulsive Therapy and then started trying to get better. This is a short list of the biggest lessons I learned. 1. No-one is immune to mental illness The last time I…More

Mental health behind bars (part two): why women prisoners are set up to fail

Freelance journalist Inga Ting writes: Incidents of mental illness in our prison system are disproportionately high — particularly among female inmates. In part two of a special report into the NSW female prison population (read part one here), Inga Ting examines how they find themselves behind bars and why they are disadvantaged while they are…More