Sarah Marie Graye's Blog

When you come into contact with mental health services, you meet other service users and compare notes. Time and again you hear horror stories about patient opinions and concerns being ignored.

The decision made by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to poll its members on their views on assisted dying was always going to spur at least one or two anti-euthanasia rants...

Most people believe the answer to this question is “no”. But then most people ultimately want to be alive. And this is the case even if they are suffering. Even most people who are suffering do not want to die. Yes, they want their suffering to end, but not so much that they want to... Continue Reading →

In Spider, McGrath inflicts a persecutory delusion upon his protagonist – called Spider – who no longer trusts his parents.

According to the last census, the UK is 87% white. So it’s perfectly feasible to have a number of different characters in your book and for them all to be white...

There are two main types of series: those planned in advance, and those that start off with what’s meant to be a standalone book...

But London was important as the main setting for The Victoria Lie because the city captures the idea that you can be surrounded by thousands of people but still be alone.

Today is a little bit different as I’m sharing my thoughts on Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, which is an autobiography, not a novel. I’m making the exception for Susannah Cahalan’s book because the writing is as poetic as any novel.

If you follow a few blogs and think you’d like your own space to write and share your thoughts, but the idea of having your own blog makes you feel a bit queasy… then maybe you should take a look at Medium. It’s a website that allows you to post up articles you’d like to... Continue Reading →

... is that suicide isn’t always impulsive.