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this is my first time here and it is awesome to find you all here. I live in the country so finding people that are on the same page is hard. I have been married to the same person for 28 years now. we didn't know about the illness until much l
Hi All, This is my first post, I feel lost, my husband starting using synthetic cannabis earlier this year (from normal cannabis) and it has changed everything, He turned into a completely different person, he starting becoming aggressive, and
Hi again. in my last post I relayed how my 20 year old daughter had been scheduled last week to a youth mental facility for drug induced psychosis. I found out today that under the mental health act (NSW) she will see a magistrate on Wednesday to plead he
Hi Everyone!I was wanting to know if a booklet exisited that explained about mental health in adults to children? My children's father has Bipolar and depression and hoped a booklet existed that I and thier father could read to them to help them understan
Today I met my son for Sunday lunch as usual. He has had chronic paranoid schizophrenia for over 20 years, but takes his meds, lives independently (without the benefit of case management), and mostly does OKish. Today he was very different.
Hi Everyone,Just wanted to let you know how helpful I have found the information posted here by quite a number of people in response to my earlier posts. My husband has major depression and has been receiving treatment in a clinic. This process was a stre
In this article, 'A Tale of Two Cities,' John Freeman tells a story about how he and his unwell brother, Tim, lived very different lives New York. What set the lifecourses apart was their mental health. John talks about the guilt he experienced for
Hi. I thought my daughter may have been schizophrenic (she still may be) but at the moment she has been diagnosed with drug induced psychosis and has been admitted unvoluntary to a youth mental facility. It was a very traumatic experience for her and my h
I've noticed alot of people with mental illnesses use terminology such is "I'm bipolar" instead of "I have bipolar(disorder)" etc...I think it's very important that we move away from this because,while the people who say this might think it means nothing
My brother has bipolar and so do I. I manage it. He does not. He drinks and gambles and takes drugs. He works as a lawyer. His clients are all dodgy. Mum wants him to keep being a lawyer so she gives him money and enables his lifestyle. She is the only on
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
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