Psychosis

INFORMATION

How Can I Help Someone With Psychosis (AUS) - Recognising the problem may have been difficult, as it is easy to mistake early psychosis for the normal ups and downs that young people go through. You have lots of questions and may not know what to do next. You want to help, but are not sure how.

LINKS

EPPIC - Early Psychosis and Prevention Information Centre (AUS) - EPPIC is a specialist early psychosis clinical program within ORYGEN Youth Health. ORYGEN is an organisation that consists of a specialist youth mental health service, a research centre, and education, health promotion, and advocacy activites. The main goal of ORYGEN is to integrate knowledge gained from clinical practice and research activities to implement and advocate for high quality mental health services for young people.

Get Help Early (CAN) - This website is an Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Youth and Family Education Initiative developed in partnership with the Ontario Working Group on Early Intervention in Psychosis.

Mindnz (NZ) - Mindnz is about psychosis including schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. It aims to explain what these illnesses are about, and share how others who are affected by them feel, cope and recover. Most importantly mindnz aims to correct fallacies about mental illness. Real understanding changes people's minds, hearts, and attitudes. Real understanding makes an illness of the mind less devastating for all involved. Discover how common mental illness is, and contrary to the popular stereotype, how even its severest form is now a treatable disease.

New Zealand Early Intervention in Psychosis Society Inc. (NZ) - This website has been developed primarily for health profesionals working in the area of first episode psychosis. This site contains a number of resources for clinicians working with young people with first episode psychosis. These include copies of the national early intervention Newsletter, information on the National Executive Committee, including the FERNZ National Data Set, information on the National Training Forum, (including keynote addresses from the 2006 and 2007 Training Forums) and an introduction to the 'Mind Your Head' DVD, (including the new DVD-only version for wider distribution).

New Zealand EIS Services (NZ) - Contact and details of early intervention services throughout New Zealand.

Psychosis Sucks (CAN) - This site promotes early detection, educates about psychosis and provides direction for seeking help.The main objectives of the EPI Program are to increase understanding of psychosis, decrease stigma associated with having this disorder and provide direct treatment.

Rethink (GB) - Our aim is to make a practical and positive difference by providing hope and empowerment through effective services, information and support to all those who need us. People who use our services and their carers are at the heart of our vision and we believe that all those who experience severe mental illness are entitled to be treated with respect and as equal citizens. We carry out research which informs both our own and national mental health policy and actively campaign for change through greater awareness and understanding. And we are dedicated to creating a world where prejudice and discrimination are eliminated.

St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre (NZ) - We are a small specialist team that works as part of St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre (CMHC). We provide support to people between the ages of 18 and 35 who are experiencing a first 'psychotic episode' and who live in the catchment area for our mental health centre.

The Post Natal Psychosis Support Group (NZ) - This site has been designed to provide information to women, and their families and friends, who are, or have been, suffering from Post Natal Psychosis. Post natal psychosis is a severe psychiatric disturbance where the mother will be out of touch with reality. It occurs in about three in one thousand pregnancies. The causes of post natal psychosis are not fully understood but hormonal and biological imbalances are contributing factors. It occurs in normal women, living in normal circumstances. It differs from other mental disorders as it appears to be a specifically pregnancy-related psychosis.

Totara House (NZ) - Totara House is a specialist multidisciplinary service for young people (aged 18-30) who live in Christchurch (New Zealand) and are experiencing their first episode of psychosis.