I am passionate about promoting psychologically informed medicine to improve both the quality of care & wider experience of living with a heart condition from birth. My experience in this area bridges academia, lifelong personal experience & engagement with key stakeholders & policy makers.
I am always interested to find out about innovative approaches and ideas. If you are a charity or an organisation interested in this work get in touch.
Sharing Knowledge & Building Awareness
Recent article in The Conversation, click to access.
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Recent article in The Conversation, click to access.
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Webinar for Congenital Cardiology team in Armenia, March 2019.
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7th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - Barcelona, Spain, July 2017
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Consultant Cardiologist Kate Bull's book 'Open Hearts: Stories of the Surgery that Changes Children's Lives on the history of congenital heart disease.
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Book Chapter, Publications & Presentations
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Morton, L. (2018) Born with a heart condition: The Clinical Implications of Polyvagal Theory in Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies edited by Prof Stephen Porges & Debs Dana. W.W. Norton & Company. NY.
USA Orders UK Orders The Conversation Consultancy "Your chapter provides new information for those of us, who have studied the bidirectionality of brain and body. As a scientist, I have frequently talked about the bidirectionality between heart and brain and between visceral states and mental function. However, your chapter truly provides a personal narrative of these concepts that has been missing from the scientific literature and specifically from Polyvagal Theory." Prof Stephen Porges, Neuroscientist. |
With a background in research, I am passionate about using psychological knowledge to empower people living with life long health conditions publishing widely & presenting to a variety of audiences. Visit publications & video presentations for a full list of articles, interviews, patient guides, blog posts and more.
Voluntary Campaign Work & Advocacy
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Presenting evidence to The Scottish Parliament, Petitions Committee, Nov 2012 on 'Scottish standards for the care of adult congenital heart patients' . Click photo for link. Photo Credit, Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee |
Feeling uncertain about being able to access safe medical care can contribute to the psychological burden of living with a lifelong medical condition. As such, since 2012, I have been working voluntary as Scottish Campaign manager for The Somerville Foundation, the UK's leading charity for adults born with a heart condition, to improve care for this population.
Since submitting a petition to the Scottish Parliament asking for national healthcare standards in 2012, I have been working with service providers & relevant stakeholders to improve health care provision sitting on NHS Scotland National Service Division's 'Scottish Congenital Cardiac Advisory Board' & their working group for developing standards.
NHS National Services Scotland – National Services Division (NSD) issued Specialist Adult & Paediatric standards for Congenital Cardiac Services in Scotland on the 31st of January 2018 on the Scottish Congenital Cardiac Service website.
I also sit on NHS Scotlands newly developed Scottish Obstetric Cardiac Network. You can find out more about the work of this network here.
Since submitting a petition to the Scottish Parliament asking for national healthcare standards in 2012, I have been working with service providers & relevant stakeholders to improve health care provision sitting on NHS Scotland National Service Division's 'Scottish Congenital Cardiac Advisory Board' & their working group for developing standards.
NHS National Services Scotland – National Services Division (NSD) issued Specialist Adult & Paediatric standards for Congenital Cardiac Services in Scotland on the 31st of January 2018 on the Scottish Congenital Cardiac Service website.
I also sit on NHS Scotlands newly developed Scottish Obstetric Cardiac Network. You can find out more about the work of this network here.
Projects
Scarred FOR Life, a photography exhibition which aim to challenge perceptions about scars & raise awareness about a population hidden in plain sight. Click for more info.
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National Press coverage at the launch of Scarred FOR Life Photography exhibition, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, 2014.
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