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Quarterly Essay 85: Not Waving, Drowning

Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia

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Quarterly Essay 85: Not Waving, Drowning

De: Sarah Krasnostein
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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 or 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?

'In our conception of government, and our willingness to fund it, we are closer to the Nordic countries than to America. However, we’re trending towards the latter with a new story of Australia. The moral of this new story is freedom over equality, and one freedom above all - the freedom to be unbothered by others’ needs. However, as we continue to saw ourselves off our perch, mental health might be the great unifier that climate change and the pandemic aren’t.' (Sarah Krasnostein, Not Waving, Drowning)

Sarah Krasnostein is the multi-award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner, The Believer and Quarterly Essay Not Waving, Drowning. Her writing has appeared in magazines and journals in Australia, the United Kingdom and America. She holds a doctorate in criminal law.

©2022 Sarah Krasnostein (P)2022 Audible, Ltd
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