Monday, 23 March 2015

"As featured in..."

Kathryn is always keen to share her story of mental illness and wellness, and to increase awareness of postpartum psychosis in particular.  She is a media volunteer for the charity Action on Postpartum Psychosis, and has also taken part in the Time To Change "Can you tell?" campaign for Rethink Mental Illness.  Kathryn is happy to hear from any journalists or editors with an interest in mental health.

Bumps & Grind blog has featured in:
- TOTS100 "Good Reads" A Trip Down Psychosis Memory Lane, March 2014
- Mumsnet Bloggers Network featured blog
- Mumsnet Bloggers Network "Blog of the Day", From SAHM To WAHM, June 2014
- Guardian Society Blog Round-up, Presenting at a Conference, June 2014

Kathryn has given television interviews to:
- ITN evening news (on birth trauma)
- Channel 4 evening news (on postpartum psychosis).  See health editor Victoria MacDonald's feature here: http://blogs.channel4.com/victoria-macdonald-on-health-and-social-care/helping-mothers-terror-postnatal-psychosis/2227
- Good Morning Britain (on postpartum psychosis)
- Channel 5 evening news (on being discharged from psychiatric hospital)
- ITN evening news (on postpartum psychosis and discharge from hospital)
- Victoria Derbyshire programme's live debate on mental health (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0631kt8)

She has also given print interviews, including to Rethink Mental Illness' "Your Voice" magazine.


Kathryn has presented on "Motherhood and Madness" to Bournemouth University's Festival of Learning conference on maternal mental health.


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