Mental Health Literacy Resources
Mental health literacy refers to an individuals' knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that aid their recognition, management, and prevention. Good individual and environmental mental health literacy can reduce health inequalities and reduce the burden on health and community services. It helps people better understand their own mental health and helps them to know how to work to improve their wellbeing.
Trauma Related Mental Disorders
What is a trauma related disorder? Trauma related disorders are a group of mental illnesses which are caused by the presence of a physical or psychological stressor.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a chronic disabling mental health condition in which individuals have persistent worries about almost every trivial issue and often anticipate the worst about everything for at least six months.
Agoraphobia
What is agoraphobia? Agoraphobia is a chronic disabling mental condition in which individuals experience severe anxiety and panic symptoms in places or situations where they perceive that escaping would be difficult or embarrassing, such as crowded or public places and being alone, often leading to avoidance.
Panic Disorder
What is panic disorder?
Panic disorder a severe persistent mental health condition which is characterised by recurrent and unexpected panic attacks which are discrete and followed by anticipatory anxiety or behaviour change as well as cause marked distress and interferes with social and individual functioning.
Specific phobias
What are specific phobias?
Specific phobias are chronic condition associated with recurring excessive or anticipatory anxiety which are restricted to specific feared objects or situations and often leading to avoidance when ever possible.
Depression
What is Depression?
Depression is a mental illness that significantly affects an individual’s mood, outlook on life, sleep, appetite, concentration, interest level and confidence. Depression can be mild, moderate, or severe and can be disabling and life threatening.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Chronic condition associated with unwanted intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and associated excessive and unreasonable compulsive behaviours (compulsions) which cause marked distress and interferes with social and individual functioning.
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder - Chronic condition associated with excessive or anticipatory anxiety which is restricted to social or performance situations and triggering a desire to escape or avoidance and which cause marked distress and interferes with social and individual functioning.
Impacts and Publications
Research and publications validating the effectiveness and acceptability of the ResilienceNHope suite of daily supportive messaging programs.