I almost died. Now I use my experience to improve people’s mental health
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I almost died. Now I use my experience to improve people’s mental health

Matty Caine Mental health nurse, Founder and chief executive of First Person Project
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Mental health nurse Matty Caine on how he started a pioneering socially progressive mental health service, First Person Project, to boost people’s well-being

Six years ago, consumed with grief after my mum died, I started hearing voices and hallucinating that I was talking to her. I started taking more risks with my safety, mixing up handfuls of powerful painkillers and taking them at random, not caring if I lived or not.

Mental Health Practice. 27, 2, 10-11. doi: 10.7748/mhp.27.2.10.s4

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07 March 2024 / Vol 27 issue 2

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