Australians got a chance to find out what it’s really like to live with a mental illness in a special edition of Andrew Denton’s ‘Enough Rope’ program on ABC 1 TV on 7 April 2008. A Patron of SANE Australia, Andrew has long had an interest in promoting better understanding of this issue.

In 2007 he visited the TheMHS (Mental Health Services) Conference in Melbourne, and interviewed a range of people about the effects of mental illness on their lives, including poet and SANE Speaker, Sandy Jeffs. To find and out more and view an excerpt, visit the ‘Enough Rope’ website.

SANE worked with Enough Rope’s production team to promote the program (titled ‘Angels and Demons’) and SANE Helpline Advisors were also on hand to answer viewer’s concerns about mental illness on 1800 18 SANE (7263) or via Helpline Online.

To receive regular email updates about SANE activities, sign up to Activist or support our work by becoming a Friend of SANE.