A major focus of SANE’s work is to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Stigma leaves people with more than hurt feelings – it…

Recent estimates suggest that between 40-80% of women with a diagnosis of mental illness have been subjected to abuse or other forms of trauma in…

Poor insight into illness is common in individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar and related disorders. About 50% of all persons with these illnesses do not believe…

Since the publication of the first national mental health strategy in 1993, Australian mental health policy has prioritised services for people diagnosed with psychotic illness.…

Children and young people who have experienced profound abuse and neglect, and are now in care of the State have historically been a difficult population…

Children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are often able to function quite well at school and conceal their symptoms. However, what is happening inside can…

The Peer Support Project is an innovative education and employment program for peer support workers to facilitate their employment as peer specialists within the State’s…

Routine outcome measurement (ROM) has now been introduced into all Australian public mental health services, but experience suggests that many clinical staff lack expertise in…