Not waving, drowning : mental health and vulnerability in Australia
Krasnostein, Sarah2022
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"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 us the stories of three women and their treatment by the state while at their most unwell ..."--Back cover.
Main title:
Not waving, drowning : mental health and vulnerability in Australia / Sarah Krasnostein.
Author:
Krasnostein, Sarah, author
Imprint:
Collingwood, VIC : Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Books Pty Ltd, 2022.©2022
Collation:
153 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Quarterly essay ; 85.
Notes:
Cover title.Correspondence: 'The reckoning'. Gina Rushton & Hannah Ryan, Amber Schultz, Malcom Knox, Janet Albrechtsen, Kieran Pender, Sara Dowse, Nareen Young, Jess Hill.
ISBN:
9781760643270 (paperback)
Dewey class:
362.2
Language:
English
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BRN:
401652