Caring for Someone with a Mental Illness

Follow the links to find information about caring for someone with a mental illness, including care provided by and effects on family members.

Created January 2008

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Title:   Carers - specialist services
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Families and carers play an important role in supporting relatives and friends with a mental illness. Caring for a person with a mental illness can be very demanding but help and support is available.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Dementia - support services are available
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Caring for someone with dementia can be difficult and, at times, overwhelming. Services are available for people with dementia and their carers. These include respite care, specialised dementia services, and health and home support services.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Dementia and depression
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Depression is very common among people with dementia. It may help carers to be aware of symptoms so they can recognise the early warning signs and seek appropriate help.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Factsheet 6 - Caring for others
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Caring for or living with a person who experiences depression or anxiety isn't always easy. It can sometimes be difficult to know what to say and do when you're around them. Because of this, you might feel angry, guilty, scared or unsure of yourself.
Title:   Day centres for severe mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The last 30 years have seen a large increase in the number of people with severe mental illness receiving treatment whilst living at home. Community care of the severely mentally ill is frequently enhanced by care provided by day centres run by non-medi...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Carers of People with Dementia
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information for and about carers of people with dementia.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Media release. New service helps people with dementia, carers and families
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, has announced a new service in Queensland to support people with dementia and their carers.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Media release. $3 million boost to support carers of people with dementia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government approved on 2 September 2008 a further $3 million to support the individual needs of the carers of people with dementia.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Support Services for Carers of People with Dementia
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on support services for people who care for people with dementia.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No randomised controlled trials were found that proved or disproved the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention or management of wandering in the domestic setting. Trials of music therapy, bright light therapy, reality orientati...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Dementia - useful resources
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   There are many useful books and videos available to assist people who care for relatives or friends with dementia. Some are especially useful for carers and others may help young people to understand a person in the family who has dementia.
Date:   Jan 2005
Title:   Alzheimer's Association WA Inc
Publisher:   Alzheimer's Association WA
Description:   The Alzheimer's Association of WA seeks to represent and support individuals with dementia and their carers, and advance their interests at a personal, community and political level. This site includes information about dementia and the association.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Families & Friends affected by the drug or alcohol use of someone close
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The FACT Resource was developed to assist workers in the community who do not specialise in drugs and alcohol, work with these families and carers when they present at their service. A component of the resource was the "family and friends" booklet which was designed as a takeaway resource for the families. This "family and friends" booklet has now been translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish, Serbian and Croatian. Funding for the translations was provided by Department of Community Services.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Containment strategies for people with serious mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with severe mental illness can experience violent and aggressive episodes which can threaten both their safety and that of their carers. We looked for trials comparing different non-pharmaceutical containment strategies for people with severe men...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Support for People with a Mental Illness
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information and services to help people with a mental illness, their carers and families.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Subjective barriers to prevent wandering of cognitively impaired people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cognitive impairment is part of the clinical syndrome of dementia which is due to brain disorder, often progressive and irreversible. Wandering of cognitively impaired people presents risks, and places additional demands on carers. Traditional measures ...
Date:   Sep 2000
Title:   Book review - Remember me, Mrs V
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   This book offers information, support and inspiration for carers of those suffering from dementia and their friends and relations.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Member Organisation Report - Mental Illness Fellowship
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (MIFA) represents around 15,000 members, principally those directly affected by mental illness as consumers and carers.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   The Kit: a guide to the advocacy we choose to do
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
Description:   A resource kit for consumers of mental health services and family carers, to assist them in developing their advocacy skills.
Date:   Aug 1999
Title:   Depression: the way out of your prison
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   This book is recommended as a challenge and potentially of great help to people living with depression, their carers and mental health counsellors.
Date:   Jan 2006
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