Mental Health

When A Parent Has A Mental Illness - Young carers talk about their lives caring for a parent with mental illness. Narrated by Chineye, a young carer herself, the film also explains in a very simple and visual way how the brain works and what happens when things go wrong.

 

Depression & Anxiety Disorders - Part 1 & Part 2. Depression causes feelings of sadness, loss and anger that can interfere with everyday life. It affects up to 16 million Americans. Anxiety disorders are also rather common. In this interview, we learn the latest treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, such as panic attacks, phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

 

Stress, Anxiety & Depression - Part 1 & Part 2. Life has become stressful for many people because of the turbulence in the economy. In this interview with Ellen Beth Levitt, psychiatrist Jill RachBeisel covers the following topics: good stress vs. bad stress, coping with financial stress, excessive stress and anxiety, body's reactions to stress, stress management, good sleep hygiene, panic attacks

 

Grief & Bereavement - Grief is complex, layered and often confusing. To help us to better understand grief, leading expert Sidney Zisook, M.D., Department of Psychiatry at UCSD, walks us through the painful but ultimately healing process that follows loss. Included is a discussion about persistent acute grief and major depression. Series: "SIRA (Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging)"

Empowering young people who have a parent with a mental illness/dual diagnosis and their families (AUS)

The Coloured Kit is a resource that provides support and information for young people who have a parent with a mental illness/dual diagnosis and their families. The Kit was designed to support and empower young people and their families. It was produced as a collaboration between a group of experienced young people, the Youth Coalition and the Children of Parents with a Mental Illness Project, Mental Health ACT. The Kit consists of three booklets, the Young People's Section, the Workers's Section, and the Support Services and Resources Section.

Cloud 9 Children's Foundation (NZ) - Keeping the dream alive for children with Asperger's Syndrome. If you want to find out about Asperger's Syndrome, talk with others about it or meet new friends online, then this is the place to start.

 

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (AU) - COPMI provides information for family members across Australia where a parent has a mental illness and for people who care for and work with them. The website is one tool we use to deliver this information. We also work with the media, researchers, educators, service organisations, consumers, carers and others.

 

Headspace (NZ) - Headspace is a community resource. It is aimed at providing good information about mental health and illness for young people, their family/whanau and their schools. These pages are a work in progress and we welcome any feedback about their content. Headspace is part of the Kari Centre.

 

itsallright (AUS) - SANE Australia has launched this new website for teens. It has diaries based upon 4 teenagers and their experience of living with mental illness in their families, facts and information and an online Helplinefor information andAustralian support services.

 

Reach Out (AU) - We can help you by improving your understanding of the issues that relate to your mental health and wellbeing and providing information to better understand other people's experiences.

 

The Lowdown (NZ) - The Lowdown aims to help young people recognise and understand depression. This site encourages and enables them to seek appropriate help, or puts them in touch with trained professionals. Through encouraging early treatment of depression the NDI intends to reduce the impact depression has on the lives of young New Zealanders, now and throughout their adult lives.

 

The Wise Mouse - Audio Download (AU) - Maria is a little girl who's very worried about her mother: why does she behave so oddly at times? One night, very upset about it all, Maria feels a tap on her shoulder and wakes to find a mouse sitting on her duvet. It's not just any old mouse, but a very wise one who can talk to Maria about all her worries

 

Trippin (NZ) - The website created for Taranaki Youth. "Trippin" can help you figure out what's going on when life feels a bit "out of it". Heaps of stuff can cause you to trip out, things like depression, worries and fears, alcohol and drugs, stress or even stuff to do with sex or sexuality. Trippin explains what all of these things are (plus heaps of other stuff too), and gives you some ideas for how you can sort them out if they are a problem.

 

URGE (NZ) - Urge/Whakamanawa is a youth (health) and information service designed to assist young people find useful information or resources to help them regarding a variety of youth related topics

 

Young Minds (UK) - Welcome to the new YoungMinds website! Our charity provides information that helps children and young people cope with difficult feelings.