- Better balance your life
This fact sheet was produced as part of a series called "Be kind to your mind".
- Coping After Suicide - Information for Young People
This fact sheet is one of the Child and Youth Mental Health Information Series and provides information for young people on coping after a suicide.
- Coping personally: General information for health staff and volunteers
Health, other staff and volunteers are frequently called upon to deal with emergencies, and for some this is the major component of their day-to-day work. When a disaster occurs, there is inevitably an escalation of response. This brings new ...
- Depression
This fact sheet is one of the Child and Youth Mental Health Information Series on the issue of Depression in children and young people.
- Depression
Depression is a medical condition characterised by feelings of extreme sadness and dejection. Depression is not just feeling sad, as everyone does occasionally. Depression can be treated using a combination of medication and psychological ...
- General Information for Carers
For children and young people
Mental health problems can affect all families. About one in four children and young people will experience a mental health disorder in a twelve month period. For young people, mental health ...
- Go on....Get Connected
This fact sheet was produced as part of a series called "Be kind to your mind".
- Grief and Loss
An increasing number of families experience loss through separation, illness or death of a family member. Even the death of a loved pet or a close friend moving away may cause significant distress, as can moving house. They may find losing ...
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post traumatic stress disorder is commonly referred to as PTSD. It is a condition that some children and young people develop after they have been exposed to a distressing experience (trauma) such as war, being assaulted, being in car accident ...
- Psychosis - Information for Carers, Siblings and Workers
Psychosis is a condition which impairs a person's sense of reality. It affects approximately 1 in 50 people over their lifetime, and most commonly occurs later in adolescence and young adulthood. Males tend to experience symptoms a few years ...
- Stress less...your mind and body will thank you for it
This fact sheet was produced as part of a series called "Be kind to your mind".
- Suicide Prevention
Suicide rarely happens without some warning, but it is often only when looking back that these signs become apparent. Learning how to recognise the signs and take them seriously can help to reduce the risk of suicide. Most young people who ...
- Supporting Children and Young People After Suicide
This fact sheet, one of the Child and Youth Mental Health Information Series, gives advice on how to help children and young people cope after loss of a loved one or friend through suicide.
- Talk about it
This fact sheet was produced as part of a series called "Be kind to your mind".
- Volunteer your time and stay mentally healthy
This fact sheet was produced as part of a series called 'Be kind to your mind'.
- When someone you know has had a traumatic experience
Traumatic experiences are distressing and threatening, and may be so intense as to temporarily disrupt a person’s ability to come to terms with them. Thinking you might die, seeing others killed or injured, intense fear, abuse or being ...
