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Improving mental illness start with understanding the challenge and having access to resources that can help.

4.8m
Australians with
mental disorders
800k
live with complex
mental illness
65k
Hospitalised
due to self harm
3,139
Suicides in
Australia in 2020
Understanding Mental Illness
A mental illness is a health problem that affects people’s thoughts, moods, behaviours or the way they perceive the world around them. Symptomatic mental illness can cause distress and may affect the person’s ability to function
Mental illnesses are on a spectrum from mild disorders lasting only a few weeks through to severe illnesses that can be life-long, persistent and debilitating.
Causes of mental illness include:
There are both epigenetic and genetic influencers that causes an individual to present with a mental disorder. The macro triggers include social/environmental, psychological and biological.
leading influences include
Drug and alcohol abuse
Biological factors
Social / environment influences
Social trauma and stress
Personality factors
45% of the one in five Australians living with moderate to severe mental illness experience symptoms that significantly interfere with their cognitive, emotional or social abilities.
Below is an outline of the major mental illnesses:
Helpful tools, information and advice
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Nick Bracks
"I was off the rails"
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