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Review Of Sarah Kransnostein's 'Not Drowning'

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In 2020, Sarah Kransnostein critiques the failing mental health system in Australia in her text Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia, published in 2020 on Quarterly Essay (an Australian periodical). Kransnostein highlights the lack of resources and poor accessibility of the Australian public health system, especially for a population that stigmatizes mental health. The text argues Australian society fails to confront the ongoing mental health crisis because of both healthcare system failure and cultural ignorance on mental health. High cost of private psychiatric services, long waitlist of public psychiatric services and limited insurance coverage by Medicare impose economic barriers on people from accessing mental …show more content…

In Australia, through 2022-2023, of people who delayed their visit to mental health services, 19.3% of them report cost to be the reason (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024). Overall, the financial burden of accessing mental health support contributes to mental health inequality in Australia. In her text, Kransnostein identifies the financial burden, yet fails to illustrate sufficient statistics as evidence. Stigmatization of mental illness is rooted in some Australian communities that prevents people from accessing mental health services they need. Particularly, social conservatism is a main driver of discrimination against the mentally ill population and stigmatization of mental illness (Hayward, 2016). This is because socially conservative populations are more likely to view mental illness as a threat due to its deviant nature. Kransnostein touches on the predominant “male culture” in rural Australia. She described severely distressed patients refusing to accept a doctor’s diagnosis of mental illness in rural areas, particularly in the Northern

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