The One Thing We've Never Spoken About: Exposing Our Untold Mental Health Crisis

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'Expansive and generous … brimming with kindness, revelatory accounts and wit. The book itself is a thing of grace.' Rick Morton'Elfy brings empathy, reason and generosity to a book Australia so desperately needs.' Zara McDonaldAn investigation into the failings of Australia's mental healthcare system, grounded in a personal story of a mother–daughter relationshipJournalist Elfy Scott grew up in a household where her mother's schizophrenia was rarely, if ever, spoken about. They navigated this silence outside the family home too; for many years, this complex mental health condition was treated as an open secret.Over the past two decades, we have started talking more about 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.'Absorbing and mind-opening, this is panoramic in scope, while offering a deeply intimate portrait of fierce familial love and care.' Benjamin Law

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Elfy Scott is an award-winning journalist, podcaster and presenter working in Sydney.Elfy started out her career at BuzzFeed News Australia as a science reporter, and her journalism has featured in publications such as the Guardian, the Saturday Paper, Junkee and VICE. She also currently co-hosts the Spotify Exclusive Australian politics podcast Left Right Out and the weekly environmental news podcast The Green Canary.Elfy's greatest joys include explaining complicated things in accessible ways, speaking passionately about climate action, and napping.

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Jacqui Davies: In The One Thing Weve Never Spoken About, Sydney-based journalist and podcast presenter Elfy Scott uses her talent for explaining complicated issues in accessible ways to examine the myths and misconceptions that surround complex mental health conditions in Australia. Until recent years, Scotts family rarely spoke of her mothers schizophrenia. Fortunately, their middle-class, privileged status, as well as having a circle of loving family and friends, meant Scotts mother had access to long-term support and care that enabled her to live a fulfilling life. The vast majority arent so lucky. Drawing on thorough research and stories of everyday Australians living with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis and other complex conditions, Scott reveals a silence and stigma perpetuated not only by media and entertainment, but also by failing health and housing systems as well as our own fear and ignorance. The result is a harrowing cycle of disempowerment, isolation and despair that too often results in homelessness or incarceration. In a voice at once considered and insightful, furious and deeply empathetic, Scott does what our nation has consistently failed to do: she humanises the most vulnerable in our society, in the hope that we might connect, share stories and begin to truly empathise with those who need it most. The One Thing Weve Never Spoken About is a confronting but optimistic call to action that every Australian should read. Jacqui Davies is a freelance writer and reviewer based in South_Australia. Books+Publishing is Australia's number-one source of pre-publication book reviews. Read Davies' interview with Elfy Scott about The One Thing We've Never Spoken About here.

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An investigation into mental health in Australia by presenter and journalist Elfy Scott.

Details ISBN0645240109 Publisher Bloomsbury Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-01-30 Author Elfy Scott Pages 320 Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780645240108 Imprint Pantera Press Subtitle Exposing Our Untold Mental Health Crisis Place of Publication Seaforth, NSW Country of Publication Australia AU Release Date 2023-01-31 NZ Release Date 2023-01-31 DEWEY 362.20994 Audience General We've got this

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