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People with a mental illness

Facts about mental illness:

  • at some stage in their lives, one in five Australians will experience a mental illness which may vary from mild or temporary to severe and prolonged 
  • mental illness can be transient and come and go throughout a person' s life some people may only experience a mental illness once and fully recover
  • improvements in the treatment of mental illness now mean that many people are able to lead rewarding lives in the community
  • many people with mental illness say that overcoming the stigma attached to the illness can be more daunting than coping with and overcoming the illness itself

 
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