The One Thing We've Never Spoken About
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The One Thing We've Never Spoken About

Exposing Our Untold Mental Health Crisis

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eBook - ePub

The One Thing We've Never Spoken About

Exposing Our Untold Mental Health Crisis

About this book

An investigation into the failings of Australia's mental healthcare system, grounded in a personal story of a mother–daughter relationship.

Journalist Elfy Scott grew up in a household where her mother's schizophrenia was rarely, if ever, spoken about. For many years, this complex mental health condition was treated as an open secret.

Over the past two decades, admirable work has been done to generate public dialogue about more common mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. But complex conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychosis have been left behind, as have many of the people who live with these conditions or who care for them.

Part memoir, part deep-dive investigation, The One Thing We've Never Spoken About is filled with rage at how our nation's public discourse, emergency services and healthcare systems continue to fail so many people. It is also a work of care, telling the little-heard stories of people who live with these conditions and work at the front lines of mental health. Above all, this timely, compelling book is informed by hope and courage, breaking down taboos and asking big questions about vulnerability, justice and duty of care in modern Australia.

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Table of contents

  1. About the book
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Author’s note
  5. Contents
  6. Support services
  7. Chapter 1: Mum’s story
  8. Chapter 2: The words we need
  9. Chapter 3: Where do the voices come from?
  10. Chapter 4: Silence as an act of stigma
  11. Chapter 5: What it feels like
  12. Chapter 6: When the call comes from inside the house
  13. Chapter 7: Schizophrenia on screens
  14. Chapter 8: Can you kill stigma?
  15. Chapter 9: r/schizophrenia
  16. Chapter 10: The ambulance at the bottom of the cliff
  17. Chapter 11: Loved ones
  18. Chapter 12: A place to stay
  19. Chapter 13: Criminalising symptoms
  20. Chapter 14: Tante Hani
  21. References
  22. Acknowledgements
  23. About the Author
  24. Copyright
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