REVIEWS OF "THE WORRIED WELL"

“Gail Bell is an eloquent advocate (QE18: The Worried Well; Black Inc.). Trained as a pharmacist and honoured as a writer, she zeroes in on the manufactured demand for anti-depressants… Her prose is passionate and well-paced, and her argument, for my money, unassailable.”
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Diana Bagnall, The Bulletin, Aug 10, 2005

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“Gail Bell’s essay is a fantastic demolition job—and all the more powerful for the manner in which it combines front-line experience with reflection and scholarship”.

Guy Rundle, published correspondence, Quarterly Essay Issue 19, 2005

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“Gail Bell writes evocatively and well. Worrying well. As an “opinion piece” her essay advances valid concerns about the current use and application of antidepressant drugs in our society.”

Professor Gordon Parker, published correspondence, Quarterly Essay Issue 19, 2005

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“Fair, balanced, witty, thorough and literate. What is more, clinically accurate. Your QE article on our notion of unwellness is now a text for my Interns and students.”

Tom Sutton, Deakin A.C.T., Fellow (Australian College of Clinical Psychologists), private correspondence.

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“an intensely literate and thought-provoking essay” and “a joy to read”. For the full review go to this link: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/07/02/1119724847149.html

The Sunday Age, 3 July 2005

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"There's something deliciously naughty about a writer who is well known for her book on a poisoning in her own family writing a Quarterly Essay about drug companies and medicating depression"

The Weekly Book Newsletter, 13 July 2005

The Worried Well ranked number 3 by Nielsen BookScan in the fastest movers for week ending 2 July, 2005
The Worried Well ranked number 15 by Neilsen BookScan from booksellers nationwide, 16-17 July 2005

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"[a] thoughtful, anecdotal, wide ranging Quarterly Essay... fluent and provocative"

Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 6-7 August, 2005

The Worried Well ranked number 2 in the Independents Top 10 Bestseller list, SMH, 16-17 July 2005
The Worried Well ranked number 6 in the Independents Top 10 Bestseller list, SMH, 23-24 July, 2005