Kate Richards is an Australian writer, doctor and medical researcher.
She writes and speaks about her experiences with mental illness, and is the author of two books on the subject.
Richards is a graduate of RMIT University in Melbourne,[1] and Monash University, where she trained as a doctor[2] while battling mental illness in the form of severe depression.
[3] After battling depression for fifteen years, including periods of self-harm and attempted suicide,[4] Richards wrote a detailed account of her personal experiences, both with the illness itself and with the many psychiatrists and other health professionals who treated her.
[11] This book was shortlisted for the Government of Australia Human Rights Non-Fiction Literature Award.