If you haven’t got a diagnosis, but feel scars and emotional baggage. It might make you feel if you’ve been temporarily prescribed anti- overly anxious, down, manic or discouraged about your chances of finding and keeping scattered, you should probably talk to a a job. Equally though, you depressants or had a mild mental health doctor about how you’re feeling. Once might have got through your mental health issue issue. If you’ve spent any time in a psychiatric you get a diagnosis, you should without too much lasting trouble and even feel stronger ward, on the other hand, you’ve probably and more self-aware for the experience. seen a wide of mental health ailments. You might have If you still feel like you’re struggling with your illness, the concluded that the people in hospital are as You might just be feeling a bit teary or having upside is that treatment has come friendly and caring as everyone else. trouble concentrating. This can still be a problem because your transition to work is Even if your mental health issue is not likely to be easier the better you’re feeling. debilitating, you might know someone whose have to stop you from reaching your Your GP will is. You might also have seen a movie or read goals, especially if one of those goals is getting be able to provide you with a full list of mental a book based around a character who suffers work. Perhaps the most important thing health conditions and treatment options; or you from depression, schizophrenia, bipolar is to seek help if you start to falter. can look them up on the web. disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, You can find support and guidance in current anxiety disorder or borderline personality There’s a good chance that if you’re reading this research, psycho-therapy, peer support groups disorder. They can seem like mysterious you’ve already been given a diagnosis. But for and/or medication. We hope that this booklet illnesses but they’re actually quite common, 45 more general information about mental health will help as well. per cent of Australians will have conditions, we’ve included a resource list at the a mental health issue at some point in their end of the booklet. ABS, < lives.2 2.0Main+Features30March%202009>, viewed 21 December 2010. A experience of mental illness can bring
if you’ve been temporarily prescribed anti- depressants or had a mild mental health issue. If you’ve spent any time in a psychiatric ward, on the other hand, you’ve probably seen a wide of mental health ailments. You might have concluded that the people in hospital are as friendly and caring as everyone else. Even if your mental health issue is not debilitating, you might know someone whose is. You might also have seen a movie or read a book based around a character who suffers from depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder or borderline personality disorder. They can seem like mysterious illnesses but they’re actually quite common, 45 per cent of Australians will have a mental health issue at some point in their lives.2 If you haven’t got a diagnosis, but feel overly anxious, down, manic or scattered, you should probably talk to a doctor about how you’re feeling. Once you get a diagnosis, you should You might just be feeling a bit teary or having trouble concentrating. This can still be a problem because your transition to work is likely to be easier the better you’re feeling. Your GP will be able to provide you with a full list of mental health conditions and treatment options; or you can look them up on the web. There’s a good chance that if you’re reading this you’ve already been given a diagnosis. But for more general information about mental health conditions, we’ve included a resource list at the end of the booklet. A experience of mental illness can bring scars and emotional baggage. It might make you feel discouraged about your chances of finding and keeping a job. Equally though, you might have got through your mental health issue without too much lasting trouble and even feel stronger and more self-aware for the experience. If you still feel like you’re struggling with your illness, the upside is that treatment has come have to stop you from reaching your goals, especially if one of those goals is getting work. Perhaps the most important thing is to seek help if you start to falter. You can find support and guidance in current research, psycho-therapy, peer support groups and/or medication. We hope that this booklet will help as well. ABS, < 2.0Main+Features30March%202009>, viewed 21 December 2010.
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