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If you require immediate help please contact either Lifeline on 13 11 14 or (if you are under 18 years old) Kids Help Line on 1800 55 1800. Both these services can help you or, if necessary, refer you on to appropriate mental health support networks.
Good mental health is a vital part of overall good health and wellbeing. It is just as important to maintain good mental health as it is to maintain good physical health.
"Mental illness" is a general term that refers to a group of illnesses affecting the mind, in the same way that physical illness refers to a group of illnesses affecting the body.
Episodes of a mental illness can come and go in periods through people's lives. Some people experience their illness only once and then fully recover. For others, it recurs throughout their lives.
Not only do people and their families have to cope with an illness that can radically alter their lives, they often experience rejection and discrimination in the community and at work.
The following websites have a range of information on mental health:
Updated October 2007
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