Mental illness
Definition: Serious mental illness includes diagnoses which typically involve psychosis (losing touch with reality or experiencing delusions) or high levels of care, and which may require hospital treatment. Two of the most common severe mental illnesses are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (or manic depression).
Category: health
Credit: Mental Health Wales
Source:
http://www.mentalhealthwales.net/what-is-serious-mental-illness/
Services mentioning Mental illness
Wales-wide service, a single point of access into all 7
Health Boards, with local
mental health knowledge & access to Mental Health pathways.
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or
mental health condition or
disability. The support you get will depend on your needs. Through Access to Work, you can apply for: a
grant to help
pay for practical support with your work; support with managing your mental health at work; money to pay for communication support at job interviews.
CALL
Helpline is the all Wales
mental health helpline. It provides emotional support to anyone living in Wales. The helpline operators provide a listening ear to anyone wanting support with their mental health. The Helpline is available 24/7 to anyone phoning from Wales. CALL is also a bilingual service, meaning callers can choose to speak to the helpline operator in either Welsh or English. CALL also offers a service through Language Line, which allows a caller to speak to the Helpline Operator in their language of choice.
We hold monthly evening group sessions for parents and
carers of
vision impaired children and
young people (0-25 years) which are facilitated by our team of RSBC Family Practitioners. It’s a supportive group where you will learn from the experiences of other parents and carers and in turn be able to support others with your own experiences and stories. Each month there will be a new topic covering many of the milestones and issues which parents and carers might face. It’s a safe place to share your feelings knowing others will support you. What to expect: Peer support; Empowering each other; Learning about and understanding
mental health and well-being; Sharing knowledge and experience; Discussing the challenges of raising a child with a vision impairment; Open
advice forum – no question is too big or too small.
SANE provides emotional support and information to anyone affected by
mental illness, including families, friends and
carers. Their mental health support services are completely confidential. Whatever your problems or concerns, you will receive non-judgemental emotional support. Their professional staff and trained volunteers have specialist mental health knowledge; they can help you consider options for support that address your individual circumstances.
Sisterhood is a fantastic online group for young women aged 11 –25 to come together and discuss issues that are important to them. It’s a chance to discuss anything from
mental health and wellbeing to hair care and make up. It’s a lovely supportive group that meets Tuesdays fortnightly online.
Young SANE is a virtual community that focuses on
mental health for people aged under 25. They want to highlight the issues that are particularly relevant to
young people and talk about their unique needs. Young SANE also celebrates the ingenuity, passion and dedication of young people who have made a commitment to tackling mental health stigma, and changing mental health for good.
Library records mentioning Mental illness
The report sets out the positive difference that the Welsh
ECLO service makes, both for individuals and for eye clinic staff. By ensuring people newly diagnosed with sight loss have access to all the information and support they need, ECLOs can help mitigate some of the negative impact associated with sight loss such as poor
mental health, increased risk of falls and loss of independence.
