Caring for Someone with a Mental Illness

Follow the links to find information about caring for someone with a mental illness, including care provided by and effects on family members.

Reviewed May 2011

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Title:   Smoke-free kids
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is aimed at providing parents, grandparents and care-givers of children and young people with information about the impact of smoking, and passive smoking, on health.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Caring for someone with postnatal depression
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to strategies for supporting women with postnatal depression (PND), plus information on the effects of PND on women's partners. Includes tips for partners of women with PND on getting support for themselves. Also includes information on postpartum psychosis.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Out of home care
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   There are a range of different types of out of home care, depending on your needs and your situation.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Living with someone with depression
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Living with a family member or friend who has depression can be challenging.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents : a fact sheet for parents and other carers
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Fact sheet for Parents and Carers - Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Carers - specialist services
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Carers, including family members, are an important resource and need support. People with a mental illness or disability and older people may rely on carers. Support and help for carers, including respite breaks, are available from many sources.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Fact Sheet 2 - Living with and caring for a person with depression or anxiety
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Living with and caring for a person with depression or anxiety. Revised January 2010.
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   The beyondblue guide for carers - Supporting and caring for a person with depression, anxiety and/or a related disorder - Caring for others, caring for yourself
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Based on the personal stories of carers of people with depression, anxiety or an anxiety disorder, this guide offers helpful advice and tips about caring for others and caring for yourself.
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Getting help: helping someone else
Publisher:   Black Dog Institute Australia
Description:   Someone with a depressive illness is like anyone with an illness, they require our care.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Carers matter - you're not alone
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This fact sheet is designed to give advice and support to carers of people with mental illness or mental health issues.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Carers matter - recovery
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   For a long time it was thought that people diagnosed with a mental illness never recovered that they would need to be cared for and would never live a meaningful life. However there has emerged a much more positive outlook for many people.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Carers matter - getting help for your loved one
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   What can I do if I am concerned someone may have a mental illness? It is important to encourage the person to seek help.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Carers matter: getting involved - dealing with the system
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This fact sheet addresses some of the common concerns of parents and carers of a mentally ill person when dealing with mental health services and professionals.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Anxiety and depression
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   When someone close to you has a serious illness, it is normal to feel anxious and extremely sad at times. But sometimes the worry is so great people develop symptoms of anxiety or depression.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Families & mental illness
Publisher:   RealTime Health Pty. Ltd.
Description:   Online videos and DVD's of the personal stories and experiences of families dealing with mental illness.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Support for People with a Mental Illness
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information and services to help people with a mental illness, their carers and families.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Families & Friends affected by the drug or alcohol use of someone close
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The FACT Resource was developed to assist workers in the community who do not specialise in drugs and alcohol, work with these families and carers when they present at their service. A component of the resource was the "family and friends" booklet which was designed as a takeaway resource for the families. This "family and friends" booklet has now been translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish, Serbian and Croatian. Funding for the translations was provided by Department of Community Services.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Day centres for severe mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The last 30 years have seen a large increase in the number of people with severe mental illness receiving treatment whilst living at home. Community care of the severely mentally ill is frequently enhanced by care provided by day centres run by non-medi...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Containment strategies for people with serious mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with severe mental illness can experience violent and aggressive episodes which can threaten both their safety and that of their carers. We looked for trials comparing different non-pharmaceutical containment strategies for people with severe men...
Date:   May 2006

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