Support for People with a Mental Illness

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 onto appropriate mental health support networks.

Links to information on support for people with a mental illness, their carers and families.

For information about support for people with specific mental illness, follow the links from the Mental Illnesses [HealthInsite Topic Page] to the specific topic pages.

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Media release. The festive season not always time of joy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Christmas is traditionally a time of celebration, connecting with family and friends and sharing in the giving spirit, however, for many it can also be a confronting time.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Reach Out!
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Reach Out! is a service that helps young people get through tough times. It provides information and support on a range of issues including depression and anxiety; drugs and alcohol; family, friends and relationships problems; suicide, loss and grief; sex and sexuality; and dealing with the pressures of school and uni.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Psychosis explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Psychosis is associated with illnesses that affect the brain (for example, schizophrenia). People affected by psychosis can experience delusions, hallucinations and confused thinking. Medication and community support can relieve, or even eliminate, psychotic symptoms.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Support groups
Publisher:   Black Dog Institute Australia
Description:   Many people with a mental illness find support groups very valuable. We list here links to organisations that run or coordinate mental health support groups around Australia.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Suicide and mental illness explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Suicide is a major cause of death among people with a mental illness. A suicide attempt may be an early warning sign that a person is developing a mental illness. Most people who suicide give warning signs about their intentions. There are steps you can take if you think a friend or relative is considering suicide.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Treatments for mental illness
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Is mental illness treatable? What does treatment really mean? Where are people treated? How can people help themselves? How do I find out more?
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Delirium
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   This brochure is designed to provide families and friends with information about delirium and describes how you as visitors can contribute to the well being of the patient.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Suicidal behaviour and self harm
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Suicide is the main cause of premature death among people with mental illness.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Supporting someone with a mental illness
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   There is often stigma attached to a mental illness and often friends don't know how best they can help. This fact sheet provides some practical ideas about supporting a friend and looking after yourself
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Psychoses (Comments for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Psychoses are a group of mental illnesses that affect people's insight. The patient has abnormal thoughts which they cannot control. A common example is schizophrenia.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Long-term management of people with psychotic disorders in the community
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Psychoses affect up to 4% of the population.These conditions usually require long-term treatment with antipsychotic drugs, mood stabilisers or both.The availability of effective treatment means that most people with psychoses can live in the community. Psychosocial treatments and the provision of community services are critical, but are often inadequate.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Mental illness: fact and fiction - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Mental illness is common. For example, about one in every 100 people will develop schizophrenia at some time in their lives and up to two in every hundred will develop bipolar disorder.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Something's not quite right - translations
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   A checklist pamphlet to aid in the identification of the early signs of psychosis in easy language.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Checklist: Something is not quite right about the way someone close to you is behaving
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   This factsheet has been written to help you decide whether or not further help is needed and to inform you of what help is available in easy language.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Mental illness: fact and fiction
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Mental illness is common. For example, about one in every hundred people will develop schizophrenia at some time in their lives and up to two in every hundred will develop bipolar disorder. Overall, about twenty in every hundred people will experience some form of mental health problem at some time in their lives.
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Psychosis
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   When someone experiences psychosis they are unable to distinguish what is real - there is a loss of contact with reality. Most people are able to recover from an episode of psychosis.
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Psychosis - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   There is a group of illnesses which disrupt the functioning of the brain so much they cause a condition called psychosis.
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Mental illness treatment - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Mental illness can be treated. However, because there are many different factors contributing to the development of each illness, it can sometimes be difficult to predict how, when, or to what degree someone is going to get better.
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Something is not quite right about the way someone close to you is behaving
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   This factsheet has been written to help you decide whether or not further help is needed and to inform you of what help is available.
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   Vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A majority of severely mentally ill people would like to work and there are compelling ethical, social and clinical reasons for helping them to achieve this goal. Pre-vocational Training and Supported Employment are two different approaches to helping s...
Date:   Dec 2000
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