Linda Gask spent more than thirty years working as a psychiatrist despite personally experiencing recurring periods of anxiety and depression.She is passionate about reaching a wider audience in order to bust the stigma that continues to prevent people from getting the help they really need.
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE (Vie, 2015) is her highly acclaimed memoir, which weaves her own experience with that of her patients while giving an insight into some of the therapeutic answers for people suffering from depression. Her book shows it is possible to experience depression but still have a successful, happy life and build a career. Having mental illness does not mean you will fail and ironically it brings a perspective on what is important in life that others do not have. Rights have been sold to Germany, Korea and Turkey.
She now divides her time between Yorkshire and a home in Orkney, off the North coast of Scotland.
​Her wise and powerful memoir, FINDING TRUE NORTH: about her struggles with anxiety and depression and how finding your physical place in the world can help your mental space was released in April 2021.