Bibliograph

Not waving, drowning, mental illness and vulnerability in Australia, Sarah Krasnostein

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Not waving, drowning, mental illness and vulnerability in Australia, Sarah Krasnostein

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not waving, drowning

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sarah Krasnostein

Sub title

mental illness and vulnerability in Australia

Summary

Mental illness is the great isolator, and the great unifier. Almost half of us will suffer from it at some point in our lives; it affects everybody in one way of another. Yet today Australia's mental health system is under stress and not fit for purpose, and the pandemic is only making things worse. What is to be done? In this brilliant mix of portraiture and analysis, Sarah Krasnostein tells the stories of three women and their treatment by the state while at their most unwell. What do their experiences tell us about the likelihood of institutional and cultural change? Krasnostein argues that we live in a society that often punishes vulnerability, but shows we have the resources to mend a broken system. But do we have the will to do so, or must the patterns of the past persist into the future?

Target audience

adult

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Mental illness and vulnerability in Australia

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