Paint it black – or should that be blue?
I’m intrigued by the notion that mental health conditions might influence colour preferences. Is it true that those inclined towards melancholia prefer the colour blue? What about everybody else?
Socio-cultural comment on a range of issues, including literature, music and mental health
I’m intrigued by the notion that mental health conditions might influence colour preferences. Is it true that those inclined towards melancholia prefer the colour blue? What about everybody else?
I’d be lying if I were to tell you this was a review of a book, Any Ordinary Day, by that stalwart of Australian journalism, Leigh Sales. For I have almost as much to say here about what it’s not about than what it is about.
Sometimes the health advocacy world feels like an elite club. Psychotic conditions are excluded from membership – no colours, no ribbons, no champions and no campaign. If there is an awareness campaign, its nigh on invisible in Australia. Is schizophrenia still locked in the attic?
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The doctor will see the consumer now. Next client please! This ward is for customers only. Sorry, we’re not taking any new persons with lived experience at the moment. Call me old-fashioned, but whatever happened to the ‘patient’?
Tired of the gap between Google Scholar and on-line mental health forums? Looking for hard information on the science behind a disorder? Head to a bricks & mortar bookshop but don’t forget to bring your torch. Mental health books for the general reader are still a boutique genre.
The Rosella Room offers occasional socio-cultural comment on a range of issues, including literature, music and mental health. We are