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Learn the basics about a variety of common mental health disorders in Queensland, Australia.
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Your Online Guide to Mental Health Disorders
MentalHealthQLD.com.au is your online guide dedicated to supplying you with up-to-date information regarding mental health and mental illness in Queensland. The information contained on this site has been written by Clem Bonney, a mental health professional with 10+ years of experience treating mental health patients in Queensland.
Mental Health
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted a National Health Survey in 2017-18 which stated that 4.8 million people (20.1% of the Australian population) experience mental and behavioural conditions.
Urgent Assistance
Please contact the QLD Government Mental Health Access Line on 1300 642 255 if yourself, a friend or a family member require urgent assistance.
Mental Health Disorders
Learn more about a variety of mental health disorders that are common within Queensland:
Anxiety
An anxiety disorder is more than feeling a little stressed or worried. This is normal and helps us complete tasks and goals in out life.
People with an anxiety disorder experience stress and worry at a higher level, which impacts on their ability to successfully complete day to day activities.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder is a common mental health condition that is recognised by a person’s poor perception of themselves, risky behaviours, poor interpersonal skills and impulsivity that impacts poorly on the person.
Depression
Depression is a condition where the person can feel sad, lonely, hopeless & have no or little motivation. It is a condition that many people will experience at some stage in their lives. Approx. 3 in f people will experience depression at some stage in their lives and 1 in 5 people have it now.
Perinatal / Postnatal Depression
This is a type of depression than can occur during pregnancy or within 12 months of a baby being born.
It occurs in 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men. 1 in 1000 may develop a psychosis, with hallucinations and delusions.
PTSD
PTSD is a form of anxiety that develops following a person or a close friend or relative was exposed to a life threatening or traumatic event. PTSD can develop from a wide range of experiences such as car accidents, bush fires, experiencing or witnessing violence, war, sexual assault and traumatic child birth.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterised by a person having odd thoughts or behaviours, hallucinations or delusions. A hallucination is when you hear or see something that is not there, and a delusion is when a person believes something that is not true or strange.