New project to tackle mental illness taboo

First published in 2000, Straight Talking is an educational guide on mental illness and schizophrenia in New Zealand and Australia.

The Chinese version is being co-written by a team of University of Hong Kong psychologists under the newly launched Hong Kong Jockey Club Early Psychosis Project, which aims to set a model for mental health policy in the city.

The new Straight Talking book will contain stories of Hong Kong people who have recovered from the illness.

Miller estimates that 1 in 100 people may have experienced "florrid psychosis" - a condition when someone "loses touch with reality."