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Treatments for mental illness
Is mental illness treatable? Yes, mental illness can be treated. This means that many people who have a mental illness, and are treated, recover well...
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What is mental illness?
Being mentally healthy is a goal for all of us. But what is 'mentally healthy'? Good mental health means more than the absence of symptoms. It...
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Smoking and mental illness
Why change smoking habits? People with a mental illness can, and do, quit smoking, for a number of very good reasons.
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Parenting with a mental illness - COPMI
Parents Parenting with a mental illness You are not alone, you can get through this
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About mental illness - COPMI
These short videos can help you to understand your parent's mental illness and how it affects their behavior. What mental illness is, about different types of mental illnesses ('diagnoses'), whether your parent will get better, and how to look after yourself too.
Read more on COPMI – Children of Parents with a Mental Illness website

Smoking & mental illness
Why change smoking habits? People with a mental illness can, and do, quit smoking, for a number of very good reasons.Diseases caused by smoking are th...
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Complementary Therapies and mental illness.
What are complementary therapies? These are ways of helping yourself stay healthy which complement medical treatment. While these can be useful, care needs to be taken, especially when you have a mental illness. Some people use them instead of medical treatment or without consulting their doctor – this can be dangerous as substances used in ‘natural’ therapy are not required to undergo the same rigorous tests for safety as prescribed medications. The term ‘natural’ is also misleading, as most prescribed medications are actually derived from natural substances too.
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Fact vs myth: mental illness & violence
This factsheet addresses some of the most common myths about mental health issues and violence. People living with mental illness are no more violent...
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Different types of mental illness - COPMI
Information about different types of mental illness (or 'diagnoses') and how parents with these illnesses may feel or behave.
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Mental illness & physical health
Looking after our physical health is important for everyone, but it can be an extra challenge if you have a mental illness.This may be related to the...
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Physical health challenges - The link between physical health and mental health in young people - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Depression and young people - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Tell them they’re dreaming
Work, Education and Young People with Mental Illness in Australia
Read more on Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health website

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and youth mental health - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Understanding Mental Health - From mental wellbeing to mental health problems - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Intellectual disability and youth mental health - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Neurodevelopmental disorders and youth mental health - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Trauma and mental health in young people - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Eating and body image disorders and young people - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
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Clinical complexity - Orygen, Revolution in Mind
Orygen is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organisation focusing on mental ill-health in young people.
Read more on Orygen website
