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Jen McPherson

Jen McPherson is a student and freelance journalist

April 2022

  • Older man and daughter planning and looking at tablet computer on sofa

    double quotation markI felt guilty putting my dad in a nursing home, but it brought us closer together

    Jen McPherson
    I tried to fool myself that I could look after him at a time in my life when I couldn’t even take care of myself, says student Jen McPherson

November 2021

  • Staff with a service user at an NHS secure mental health unit in Lancashire, 2016

    double quotation markMy treatment in an NHS psychiatric ward was crucial. But why was I there so long?

    Jen McPherson
    Institutionalised care, with its loss of freedom and autonomy, should not be the only choice in a mental health crisis, says student Jen McPherson

October 2021

  • Jen McPherson with her family.

    double quotation markLosing my family caused a tsunami of grief, but also taught me how to live

    Jen McPherson
    My brother, mother and father all died before I was 30. I didn’t cope well at first, but then I had an epiphany, says student Jen McPherson
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