Living with Mental Illness

Follow the links below to find information about living with mental illness.

Reviewed April 2012

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Title:   Parent with mental illness
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many of the things that affect parents or are stressful for parents also affect their children. Research tells us that about 20% of people will be diagnosed with a mental health problem at some time during their lives.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   General physical health care advice for people with serious mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with serious mental illness have worse physical health than the general population. This review looks at whether giving advice about general physical health has any effect on the physical health and quality of life of people with serious mental i...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Healthy living
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   A healthy lifestyle is important for everyone. When we look after our physical health, we feel better too - fitter, more relaxed and better able to cope with things.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Getting back to work
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Getting back to work when you have a mental illness can be a challenge. Whether you have never worked, or have not been in work for months or even years, it is important to be as prepared as possible, to be realistic, and to know where to get information and support.
Date:   Jan 2010
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:   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:   Accomodation database
Publisher:   Mental Health Association NSW
Description:   This database is intended for use by hospital discharge planners, community mental health teams, General Practitioners, non-government organisations, helplines, consumers and carers. The aim is to make information about appropriate accommodation options more easily accessible
Title:   Supported housing for people with severe mental disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Support for people with severe mental illness may be provided through supported housing schemes with the intention of increasing treatment success rates and reducing cycles of hospital readmissions. Many of these initiatives are based on informal report...
Date:   Aug 2006

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