
How I became involved with the Asylum magazine
How I became involved with the Asylum magazine and what such involvement has meant for me: a journey through madness and back. Read more
How I became involved with the Asylum magazine and what such involvement has meant for me: a journey through madness and back. Read more
In 2009 I was compulsorily detained under the Mental Health Act in an acute psychiatric ward in North Manchester Hospital. I absconded twice within a week during my first month there – fairly soon after my admission – even though I was supposedly on close 1:1 observation, especially at night. This was because I was acutely suicidal when I was first admitted, and that was the reason for my sectioning. Read more