Using real life case studies, this book studies the effects of mental health problems, the people who are ill and their carers and loved ones. Using interviews with people of different ages and cultures, the book examines their feelings about mental illness and distress, and looks at how issues such as drug abuse, alcoholism and homelessness affect mental health. The book also examines ways in which we can combat the poor understanding of mental illness that exists today; and asks whether more people would be willing to seek help if it were not such a taboo.

 

This book is part of a book series called Talking Points .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Vanora Leigh is a freelance writer, who has worked for The Times and the Guardian. Her book, Addiction in the News, was runner-up in the Times Educational Supplement's Senior Information Book of the Year Award in 1983. She also received the 1986 Children's Book of the Year award from the National Book League.