We believe that clear, reliable, practical information on mental health issues is vital. That’s why Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria has developed a comprehensive range of 35 mental health fact sheets covering:

• understanding of mental illnesses
  • understanding psychosis
  • understanding depression
  • understanding anxiety
  • understanding schizophrenia
  • understanding schizoaffective disorder
  • understanding bipolar disorder
  • understanding borderline personality disorder
  • understanding suicide
  • understanding mental illness and violence
  • psychosis - general information
    
    
• useful information for people with mental illness and their families and friends
  • FAQ about mental illness
  • collaborating with professionals
  • signs of mental illness and what to do
  • what families and friends can do
  • family and carer support
  • understanding guilt
  • understanding worry
  • effective communication
    
    
• insights into the connections between mental illness and drug and alcohol use;
  • dual diagnosis
  • ecstasy and depression
  • bipolar disorder and drug and alcohol use
  • substance abuse
  • cannabis and psychosis
  • heroin and psychosis
    
    
• personal accounts from people with mental illness and those providing care
  • feeling the impact of mental illness
  • an account of hallucinations and delusions
  • being loyal to wellness
  • what it's like to be a carer
    
    
• models explaining causes and symptoms of mental illness, including Victorian legal and healthcare frameworks.
  • stress vulnerability coping model
  • psychiatric medication
  • mental health legal framework in Victoria
  • mental health service delivery in Victoria
  • biopsychosocial model in action
  • phases in a crisis
  • beautiful minds can be reclaimed

The fact sheets are easy to read, practical, short and full of information.

Better yet, a fact sheet explaining how mental illness is understood and how the mental health system operates

in Victoria – the mental health fact sheets are available in English, Arabic, Mandarin, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese and Spanish.