Rita Bourke

Rita is a qualified general nurse, mother and mental health advocate. Rita has worked in Dublin, Sydney, Bahrain, Germany and Switzerland as a registered nurse. Rita has been in a lot of voluntary work and is a former Seechange ambassador working on stigma reduction for mental health. Rita has lived experience of mental health and recovery.

As part of this project Rita is involved due to weight gain due to taking clozapine but thanks to the rehab and recovery team lost all the weight that was gained. Rita’s message is recovery is possible with the right help and support.