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Inpatient Mental Health Service – Family Friendly Checklist
The Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) national initiativeThis checklist is designed for inpatient mental health services, to help them check how 'family-friendly' their service is. This checklist has been developed from information provided by parents with a mental illness, their partners, support people and children as well as service providers. -
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Parenting – Being a Dad
The COPMI national initiativeThis information sheet provides information for dads when mental illness is part of family life. -
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Dads handbook: A guide to the first 12 months
beyondblueMost people know that depression related to pregnancy and birth can affect mothers, but it’s important to remember that fathers/partners are also at risk. Research shows that about 5 per cent of men experience depression in the year following the birth of their child. -
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Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA)
Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA)PANDA is a national organisation that provides specialist information and ongoing counselling, support and referral to anyone affected by distress, depression and anxiety during pregnancy and after the birth of their baby (perinatal), including partners and extended family members. -
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Reviews of the ‘SMILES program’ for young people with a parent or sibling who has a mental illness
Prepared by AIFSAccess program evaluations of the SMILES program ('Simplifying Mental Illness + Life Enhancement Skills'). This is a peer-supported program for children who have a parent or sibling experiencing mental illness. Evaluations from Canada, Australia and America. -
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What is child mental health?
Mental health is something that all people have, from infants right through to adults, and it exists on a continuum ranging from good, to times when a person is feeling less well, to a variety of mental health difficulties. -
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Online Course
Let’s talk about children (Let’s Talk)
Online CourseThis course provides training in a structured approach that facilitates a practitioner and a parent with mental illness to explore the needs of children and the parenting role.