Join me in conversation with Lara Wellman as we celebrate the launch of All In Her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women's Mental Health!

Location: Perfect Books, 258 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON

Misty Pratt is a science communicator and researcher, and also knows what it's like to be a patient in our broken mental healthcare system. With All In Her Head, she advocates for women to reframe and reclaim their mental health—and argues that we don't have to do this alone.

Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men. Yet in a healthcare system steeped in gender bias, women’s complaints are often dismissed, their normal emotions are pathologized, and treatments routinely fail to address the root causes of their distress. Women living at the crossroads of racial, economic, and other identities face additional barriers. How can we pinpoint what’s wrong with women’s mental health, and what needs to change?

Today, a rising movement of women is demanding better when it comes to mental health treatment. Armed with the latest science, insight from those who have been through the therapeutic system, and enough humor to lighten the load, All in Her Head provides women with hope and courage to reframe and reclaim their mental health.

Books will be available for purchase!