Looking for peer reviewers

I just read through the fact sheets and they read just fine.

Hi @NikNik

I am really interested in this - I will read the info in the links and comment later - I feel that right now isn't going to work - but definitely - I will refer to those items I feel I can give feedback on really soon

We really do need peer support review - it is all over the forums but then - we need to be more specific

As a person who has had most of their suffering in the past I identify with what younger people are posting now - been there - a life time of all sorts of anguish - yes - and my biggest contribution is silent - but I am still here today - surviving my own life is my biggest contribution

I will get back to you on what I can't read atm - I feel it's time to do something else off line right now - but I will catch up

Decadian

Hi @NikNik

I have read all the fact sheets as well as the the referenced studies. The fact sheets present well with a measured and factual approach.

Congratulations to the SANE team for producing these in an easy to understand manner.

Re: Mental Illness basics

I like the way probablilities and the word "predisposition" are used.

The statement about creativity ... debunking romanticisation of very painful disorders is a good inclusion as is the statement about it being REAL and not due to laziness or poor spirituality..

Re: MH & Recovery

Hopeful stance re treatment and getting help is important.

Statement re snapping out of it and judgements rather than treatment is also needed. I hope some counsellors read it. That it is based in physiology and the body but choosing not to use the "genetic" word is good. Genetics is such a new science we have to be careful about inaccurate and ignorant generalisations.

The Personalised Medicine approach is also needed.

Re: MH & Violence

I like no-nonsense headline distinguishing the word "psychotic" & "violence". and the truth that a lot of mental illness is more about being a victim than a perpetrator.

Re: Specific Disorders

I have probably said I am a little OCD ... as there was a huge impetus in our family to normalise MH issues. My stepdaughter used the OCD tag a lot .. I am now aware that my use of the term in an offhand way could be hurtful & insulting to those reading the forum, who serious suffer with the disorder. Sorry, I will try and change my use of term.

Hi @NikNik

I've looked at the fact sheets and they are great. You are all doing a great job Sane Australia. 🙂

Yesterday - when I saw my new psychologist - I discussed the possiblity of my son having Borderline Personality Disorder. He completed suicide 30 years ago

I was given virtually no information regarding his state of mind - because he had reached 16 when he saw a psychriatist there were privacy laws involved and all I was told was that he had some depression

How could I help him if I wasn't given useful information myself - and he was not disposed to talk about these issues himself

When I came across the term Borderline Personality Disorder it confused me - what borderline? Was his depression borderline? His ADHD was not borderline - it was full on - what did it mean?

So I read a lot on line - but for the first time I found the fact sheet we have here - and how clearly they are written - indeed - knowing my son's behaviour rather than any labels they might have given him through the years - and those labels were tossed around like sweets bursting out of a pinata.

What sense could they make to me when nothing about him was cohesive - he life, behaviour, habits -

Having had the chance to read a little on BDP and discuss it with a professional it makes a lot of sense. I can see that the borderline is an important place - it is not on the edge but right in the middle

Nothing can change for my son - but I can pray other people can be treated - and for me - I can understand other people better

Decadian