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“When
it comes to improving care for women and girls with mental health problems,
there is no substitute for listening to those with lived experience. Not only
about the complex life problems they have faced, but also their views about
what has helped, and hindered their recovery. That’s why I’m so pleased that
Aimee will be joining us, because she has lived and written about her life and
has a very powerful story to tell.”
Linda
Gask, Emerita Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry at the University of
Manchester
Earlier this year, on February 27th, I gave a speech at the Emotionally Dysregulated Young Person: Neurodevelopment, Mood, Trauma and Personality CPD Event for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW). The Trust’s Deputy Medical Director; Doctor Hermarette Van Den Bergh was also at the event and as a result of my input, she contacted me afterwards and asked me to speak at the upcoming Women’s Health Conference at the end of June. It was such an honour and filled me with pride at the thought I must have done a good job at that first event! So, I wanted to discuss the main reason why I’m going to speak at the event – to share experiences that professionals may not often hear…
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