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The One Thing We've Never Spoken About

Exposing our untold mental health crisis

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By: Elfy Scott
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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. 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.

‘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 McDonald

‘Absorbing and mind-opening, this is panoramic in scope, while offering a deeply intimate portrait of fierce familial love and care.’ Benjamin Law©2023 Elfy Scott (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd History & Commentary Medicine & Health Care Industry Mental Health Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health Health Care
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gobsmacked at how good this book is. essential reading for everyone. it needs to be read by everyone dealing with the public - teachers, police, mental health professionals etc. so well written

important and well written work

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Interesting, compelling and one hundred per cent necessary in the world we live in. Highly recommended to listen to or read, and then buy two copies and give them to people you know.

Everyone should listen to this

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