Join us during Mental Health Month as psychiatrist Professor Ian Hickie explores the spectre of depression and the common myths and misconceptions from his release, The Devil You Knew.

We are living amid a mental health epidemic. Clinical depression has devastated lives and is a disorder that doesn’t discriminate.

Informed by internationally renowned psychiatrist Ian Hickie’s 35 years of clinical experience and extensive case studies, The Devil You Knew explores the inner workings of the depressed mind and the myriad influences – environmental, physiological, social. Prof. Hickie will share useful tips on what to do and along the way dispel some of those common fears and myths that keep people in need away from the best possible care.

Prof. Hickie includes stories and lessons learned from many people who have travelled these paths, reinforcing that, while we are all on our own journey, we’re never alone. He also looks into the latest cutting-edge treatments that are pushing our knowledge of the brain and consciousness, and their influence over the body, into the future.

Books will be available for purchase and signing on the night provided by Harry Hartog Warringah Mall.

$5.00 + booking fee

Non-alcoholic refreshments and nibbles on arrival.

Bookings required.

Enquiries: 8495 5028 or libraryprograms@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

Professor Ian Hickie is a psychiatrist and Co-Director of Health and Policy at The University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre. He is one of Australia’s leading advocates for, and commentators on, mental health. He was the first CEO of Beyond Blue, the national depression initiative, and an inaugural Commissioner on Australia’s National Mental Health Commission. Ian is also an internationally renowned researcher in psychiatry, and is currently writing a book on depression, The Devil You Knew, which will be published by Penguin Random House Australia in 2023.