Erica writes for both print and online – including The New York Times… here’s a sample of her writing:
I haven’t used an iron in over 3 years – here’s what I do instead, The Daily Telegraph, March 2022
Soothing sight of cats and dogs, The Mail on Sunday (health note), March 2022
At 40, I want to buy the car of my dreams, and here’s why more midlife women should too, The Daily Telegraph, August 2021
How I bought a home on an income of £16K, The Times, July 2021
I’m not getting married, but I’m buying a wedding dress anyway, The Daily Telegraph, June 2021
What the campervan lifestyle is really like (and it’s not just for the young), The Daily Telegraph, May 2021
Driving the dream, where understated style is very much in Vogue, The Daily Telegraph, March 2021
Being told I have schizophrenia was terrifying, it shouldn’t be, Stella Magazine, September 2020
The Syrian psychologist using first hand experience to help refugees, GQ Middle East, September 2020
My experience of psychosis and tips to help others, Welldoing, August 2020
8 psychosis myths debunked, Happiful Magazine, June 2020
Driving with a mental illness, The Daily Telegraph, June 2020
Why ‘crazy cat ladies’ are healthier than you may think, Wellcome Collection, May 2020
The beautiful and the curious: artwork of ocular pathologies, Ophthalmology Times Europe, May 2020
How hip-hop can save your mental health, Wellcome Collection, October 2019
Deafblind charity gets support from trendy Shoreditch UK art collective, Ophthalmology Times Europe, September 2019
My cats have taught me more about true love than any man, Metro, June 2019
How writing helps me manage schizophrenia, Wellcome Collection, March 2019
A small benefit from Brexit to Commonwealth ophthalmologists, Ophthalmology Times Europe, March 2019
The NHS saved me from suicide 10 years ago. It wouldn’t happen today, Metro UK, December 2018
My creative approach to schizophrenia, The New European, November 2018
Could a break-up holiday with your ex be the perfect way to get closure? Metro UK, October 2018
Could Instagram be the key to career success? Ophthalmology Times Europe, April 2018
Painting a picture for brain-related vision problems, Ophthalmology Times Europe, February 2018
Can we overcome childhood adversity?, Metro UK, December 2017
Can religion actually help you recover from mental illness?, Metro UK, December 2017
10 things that will help you back to work if you’ve been off with a mental illness, Metro UK, October 2017
Bringing my own kind of madness to the Office, The New York Times, September 2017
I have schizophrenia: here are 10 things I can’t live without, Metro UK, June 2017
Why wasn’t I arrested for my crimes? June 2017, Chat it’s fate
How blogging can help improve your mental health & your bank balance, March 2017, Metro UK
5 unusual ways to improve your mental health, March 2017, Metro UK
It’s time to get creative and make a film about mental health, March 2017, Positively Scottish
It’s Fandabby – tackling mental health through colourful T-shirts, February 2017, Positively Scottish
How my working class background has held me back more than my mental health issues, February 2017, Metro UK
Why schizophrenia need not rob us of a life in academia, The Guardian, February 2017
To the batcave, Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, December 2016
Football therapy, Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, December 2016
MRI scans may give early Alzheimer’s alert (scroll to the box at the bottom of the page), The Mail on Sunday, November 2016
14 of the best mindfulness retreats, Metro UK, August 2016
14 things you only know if your parents split up, Metro UK, August 2016
Ray of Light, Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, July 2016
Occupational therapy on a forensic ward, Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, January 2016
Learned Recovery – Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, December 2015
First aiders for the mind help beat a mental health crisis, Published in the Mail on Sunday, December 2015
14 things not to say to someone with schizophrenia, Published in Metro UK, November 2015
15 things to know before dating someone with schizophrenia, Published in Metro UK, November 2015
12 things you only know if you have schizophrenia, Published in Metro UK, October 2015
Hands on Healing – Published in Psychologies September 2015
Facing the Axe: The Recovery Colleges That Prevent Mental Health Crisis – Published in the Mail on Sunday
– published in Healthy magazine
Sure of you – published in The Lancet Psychiatry
Light on the Darkness – published in Times Higher Education Supplement
Yes, You Can Always be Happy! – published in the Mail on Sunday
I’m Mad, Not Bad – published in the Independent
Compassion Focused Therapy Teach Sufferers to be Kind to Themselves – published in the Mail on Sunday
Am I Crazy to want a Baby when I’m Schizophrenic? – published in the Mail on Sunday
Academics Fall Short on Mental Health – published in Disability Now
Come fly with me, The Guardian, February 2011
– Published in the Mail on Sunday
– Published in Open Mind
Once dismissed as pretentious but now brain scans prove Eastern philosophies can treat mental illness – published in the Mail on Sunday
Single Female Writer, 31, GSOH, Schizophrenic, WLTM Similar – published in the Mail on Sunday
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