Heather Hughes

Heather L. Hughes is a freelance writer and copy editor based in Los Angeles. Her focus on mental health is informed by her experiences as an inpatient at a psychiatric facility in southern Louisiana and as a participant in a clinical research trial on treatment-resistant depression at the National Institutes of Health.

info Subjects

General

Arts & Culture
Health & Medicine
Wellness
Lifestyle

Specialties

Mental health

notepad Skills

  • Advertorials
  • Blog posts
  • Essays
  • Feature writing
  • Editing
  • Articles
  • Copywriting
  • Web copy
  • Q&A

notepad Writing Credits

Salon, Guernica, Mental Floss, 5280, the Washington Post (Solo-ish), YourTango, The Establishment, The Temper, CoveyClub

Selected Work

As author, unless indicated otherwise.

The Untold Stories of the Denver Hospital That Pioneered "Parentectomy"—and Helped Save Children's Lives

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Self-Care in the Psych Ward

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Coming Together, and Falling Apart, in New Orleans

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How Lipstick and an Experimental Treatment Helped My Depression

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How AA Helped Me Recover From a Mental Breakdown—Even Though I'm Not an Alcoholic

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The Hick From Goosepecker Ridge

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I Didn't Fantasize About a Wedding—Until I Put on My Great-Grandmother's Dress

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Tim Youd: Performance Art, One Key at a Time

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Why I Never Skip Making My Bed

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10 Untranslatable Words That Perfectly Describe How You're Feeling in 2020

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