Donald Scott-Orr, Consultant Psychiatrist

In an interview with psychiatrist Donald Scott-Orr for the Re;Minding Histories research project in 2020, Scott-Orr summed up his approach to mental health – and could have been describing the philosophy of this research project. He said:

[W]e really need to start where people are, and where they feel and where they relate and are engaged, when we’re dealing with mental health. And then work out from there … what people are exposed to, what they get in their gut. The practical situation, the people they meet, and what their interests are, their heroes.¹