Newsletter of the Mental Illness Fellowship Western Australia Summer Issue December 2013 Mental Illness Fellowship of WA’s Opening of Midland Central Offices On the 27th September 2013, the Mental Illness Fellowship of

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• Family
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• SANE
• Mental disorder
• Mental health court
• GROW
• Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW
• Carers rights movement
• Health
• Mental health
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Mental illness and violence www.superfriend.com.au Are people with a mental illness violent? Having a mental illness does not mean someone will be violent. People receiving treatment for a mental illness are no more viol

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• Health
• Medical ethics
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• Mental disorder
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• Involuntary commitment
• South African Depression and Anxiety Group
• Psychiatry
• Psychopathology
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Type 2 diabetes and mental illness www.superfriend.com.au Getting used to a diagnosis of diabetes can take a while, and just as there is stigma around mental illness, so there can be stigma around Type 2 diabetes. You ma

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• Health
• Diabetes management
• Diabetes mellitus
• SANE
• Insulin
• Mental disorder
• Latent autoimmune diabetes
• American Diabetes Association
• Diabetes
• Endocrine system
• Medicine

Fact Sheet Caring For Someone With A Mental Illness GUESTS: Hon Jeff Kennett - Jeffrey Kennett AC (born 2 March 1948), is a former Australian politician who was the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999 and a cu

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• Psychopathology
• Abnormal psychology
• Positive psychology
• Mental disorder
• SANE
• Schizophrenia
• Caregiver
• Personality disorder
• Illness
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• Mental health
• Medicine

¿Alguien cercano a usted está afligido por causa de una persona que se suicidó? Hoja informativa SANE Cuando una persona se suicida, la familia y los amigos pueden sufrir enormemente. Esto naturalmente afecta la man

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Dealing with a traumatic event when you have a mental illness www.superfriend.com.au If you have an existing mental illness, then the traumatic event may be even more distressing, and may trigger or worsen the symptoms

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• Abnormal psychology
• Stress
• Anxiety disorders
• Traumatology
• Mood disorders
• Psychological trauma
• Posttraumatic stress disorder
• SANE
• Mental disorder
• Psychiatry
• Medicine
• Mental health

Getting the media interested Information and advice on talking to the media Media coverage can be a cheap and effective way to create public awareness about your organisation’s services, products, events or launches. T

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• Healthcare in the United Kingdom
• SANE
• Health

SANE Bereavement Guidelines Best practice in support of family and friends of people with mental illness who have died by suicide These Guidelines will help your service develop and implement a bereavement policy that wi

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• Suicide
• Mental health
• Lifeline
• Human behavior
• Mind
• Behavior
• Emotions
• Grief
• Undertaking

Facts and figures about mental illness www.superfriend.com.au Anxiety disorders affect around 14% of the adult population every year. Depression affects around 6% of the adult population every year. The remainder are aff

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• Psychopathology
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• Abnormal psychology
• Mental disorder
• Sociology
• SANE
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Psychosis
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• Medicine
• Health

Media interviews Information and advice on talking to the media Being interviewed can be a daunting experience. The important thing to remember is that interviews are not just about answering questions – they are an op

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