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Advice for Community Mental Health Services Working with Parents who Experience Mental Illness and Their Families
The Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) national initiativeThis page features advice for community mental health workers who support parents with mental illness. Specifically, it offers recommendations about how to work with parents, partners and carers, their children and young people. A separate page offers recommended resources for further up-skilling. -
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Children of parents with dual diagnosis – An evidence-based research summary
The Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) national initiativeThis short, evidence-based research summary focuses on parents with 'Dual Diagnosis' and their children. Dual Diagnosis (DD) commonly refers to the co-existence of a psychiatric and a substance use disorder in an individual. -
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Helping parents support teenagers through issues and tough times
ReachOutThis portal has been created specifically for parents of teenagers, to help them better understand and be able to support their adolescent through everyday issues and tough times. -
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Helplines and telephone counselling services for children, young people and adults
Child, Family, Community AustraliaAn excellent page to bookmark: Helplines and telephone counselling services for children, young people and parents across each state of Australia. -
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Understanding child traumatic stress
Understanding Child Traumatic StressComprehensive information for parents and families about how to understand what traumatic stress is like for a child. -
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SCIE Guide 30: Think child, think parent, think family – a guide to parental mental health and child welfare
SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) UKSCIE has published a revised version of their Parental mental health and child welfare guide (first published in July 2009). The guide, which is about working with parents who have mental health problems and their children, has been updated to include 'Putting it into practice'. -
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Puerperal psychosis – A carer’s survival guide
Craig Allatt'A booklet providing excellent information for partners of women with puerperal psychosis, written by a carer who has lived through this experience. -
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Youth Law Australia (YLA)
Youth Law Australia (YLA)Youth Law Australia (YLA) is Australia’s only national community legal centre dedicated to representing the rights and interests of children and young people by providing free, confidential legal information and help for people under the age of 25. -
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Minds, Myths and Me (UK)
Gloucestershire Young CarersA ‘fact pack’ for young carers who live with someone with a mental illness. This A5 booklet was designed and produced by four young carers, using their own personal experiences to help others in the same situation. Includes a ‘Disorders and Illnesses’ section. For ages 12+. -
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Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental Health in NSW 2014-2024
NSW Mental Health CommissionThe Strategic Plan sets out actions and future directions for reform of the mental health system in NSW. It maps a demanding agenda for change that puts people – not processes – at the heart of its thinking. -
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Forgotten Australians: Supporting survivors of childhood institutional care in Australia
Alliance for Forgotten AustraliansThis website aims to educate health and welfare workers about the experiences and needs of Forgotten Australians. Provides the information needed to recognise, relate to and assist people who are experiencing long term trauma because of a childhood spent in orphanages or Homes - the 'Forgotten Australians'. -
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BeyondBlue – depression, anxiety and suicide
beyondblue - Depression. AnxietyBeyondBlue is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and suicide in Australia.