Mental
Subtitle: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health
Edition: Updated edition
Publisher: Black Inc.
Published: 19 Jul 2021
Place of publication: Carlton, VIC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781760643294
Copyright date: 2018
Description: **Become your own mental health expert**

*Mental illness is too often portrayed with a sense of despair, as if it’s a life sentence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Virtually everyone improves with help, and most of the help is relatively easy to access.*

How do we define mental illness? What does a diagnosis mean? What should you ask your doctor before you begin treatment? Are there alternatives to medication? What does the research show actually works?

Practitioner and professor of psychiatry Dr Steve Ellen and popular comedian Catherine Deveny combine forces to demystify the world of mental health. Sharing their personal experiences of mental illness and an insider perspective on psychiatry, they unpack the current knowledge about conditions and treatments. Punctuated with anecdotes and real-life stories, *Mental* covers everything from depression and anxiety to schizophrenia, personality disorders and substance abuse.

This updated edition includes a new chapter on coping with the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic, as well as updates on new drugs and therapies.

Whether you have a mental illness or support someone who does, *Mental* offers clear practical help, empowering you with an arsenal of tips and techniques to help build your resilience
Notes: Originally published: 2018.
        Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The big picture.; title: What is mental illness?; title: What causes mental illness?; title: Getting help; title: Seeing a shrink for the first time; title: Our stories; title: The disorders.; title: Depression; title: Anxiety; title: Psychosis; title: Addiction; title: Suicide; title: Eating disorders; title: Personality disorders; title: Psychosomatic disorders; title: Child and adolescent mental health; title: Brain disorders; title: The treatments.; title: Psychiatry: where are we now?; title: Getting started; title: Psychotherapy; title: Medications; title: Physical treatments; title: Self-help (or DIY); title: Final words.; title: The big picture; title: The disorders; title: The treatments.