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Crisis Support: How to help in a crisis
When caring for someone with a mental illness, there may be times when their health deteriorates to a point that immediate support is required.
Read more on SANE Australia website
For new mums
If you're pregnant or a new mum who experiences mental illness or mental health problems, this information is important. See helpful external resources for additional support.
Read more on COPMI – Children of Parents with a Mental Illness website
Facts and figures about mental health
Mental illness is very common. One in five (20%) Australians aged 16-85 experience a mental illness in any year.
Read more on Black Dog Institute website
Do pets have an impact on our mental health? - The SANE Blog
Did you know that Australia has one of the highest levels of pet ownership in the world?Around 36% of households own a dog and 23% include a cat as part of the family. And then there are horses, guinea pigs, fish, birds . . .
Read more on SANE Australia website
Anorexia nervosa in children and young people | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
What is anorexia nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness in which there is a disturbance in the way a person experiences their body shape or weight as well as unhappiness with their body
Read more on Sydney Children's Hospitals Network website
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness in which people can go between periods of elevated or ‘high’ moods (mania) and depressed or ‘low’ moods (depression).
Read more on Australian College of Mental Health Nurses website
Hospital care: before, during and after | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government
Going into hospital can be a stressful time for both patients and families. Knowing as much as possible beforehand can help ease the stress.
Read more on Queensland Health website
Flu (influenza) vaccine
The flu vaccine triggers an immune response that can protect you from becoming ill if you are exposed to the influenza virus.
Read more on WA Health website
Bipolar disorder treatments during pregnancy and the postnatal period
Bipolar disorder is an illness which can require long-term treatment and skilled medical management. It is a biological condition with a strong genetic component, so effective management of bipolar disorder primarily involves the use of medications.
Read more on Black Dog Institute website
Rotavirus
This fact sheet gives information about rotavirus which is the most common diarrhoeal illness in children
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Training to recognise the early signs of recurrence in schizophrenia | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: This review indicates that early warning signs interventions may have a positive effect on the proportions of people re-hospitalised and on rates of relapse, but not on time to recurrence
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Facts and figures about mental health
Mental illness is very common. One in five (20%) Australians aged 16-85 experience a mental illness in any year.
Read more on Black Dog Institute website
Research summaries ('GEMS')
Evidence-based research summaries for professionals regarding children (aged 0-18 years) of parents with a mental illness, their parents and families. To guide and direct practitioners, and highlight current research and practice gaps.
Read more on COPMI – Children of Parents with a Mental Illness website
The Most Common Hospital Presentations Over Christmas Time
The Christmas holidays should be a happy opportunity to spend time with family and friends. Unfortunately, there is the potential for the silly season to result in hospitalisations for many Australians.
Read more on Ausmed Education website
Falls Prevention | Ausmed
According to the World Health Organisation, falls, and the injuries they cause, are major public health problems. Not only because falls lead to around 20-30% of mild to severe injuries, but also because more than 50% of hospitalisations from falls are among people aged 65 years and older (2007).
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Falls Prevention | Ausmed
According to the World Health Organisation, falls, and the injuries they cause, are major public health problems. Not only because falls lead to around 20-30% of mild to severe injuries, but also because more than 50% of hospitalisations from falls are among people aged 65 years and older (2007).
Read more on Ausmed Education website
Bipolar disorder treatments during pregnancy and the postnatal period
Bipolar disorder is an illness which can require long-term treatment and skilled medical management. It is a biological condition with a strong genetic component, so effective management of bipolar disorder primarily involves the use of medications.
Read more on Black Dog Institute website
Bipolar disorder symptoms
Bipolar disorder is the name used to describe a set of ‘mood swing’ conditions, the most severe form of which used to be called ‘manic depression’. The term describes the exaggerated swings of mood, cognition and energy from one extreme to the other that are characteristic of the illness.
Read more on Black Dog Institute website
Treatments for bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is a biological condition with a strong genetic component which requires long-term management.
Read more on Black Dog Institute website
Emergency Planning and Management - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on managing palliative care emergencies of older persons in aged care.
Read more on palliAGED website
