Mental illnesses are medical conditions involving changes in behavior, thinking or emotions that interfere with a person’s ability to do daily tasks or care for themselves. Common mental health disorders include anxiety disorders and mood disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and ADHD. Other disorders include autism, borderline personality disorder, disassociate disorders, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder, also known as OCD.
Mental health is a measurement of a person’s psychological, social and emotional well-being. It affects the way people think, feel and act. Poor mental health may lead to mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, but it may also affect physical health. People of every age can improve or maintain good mental health.
Mental illness and poor mental health are not the same, though sometimes they may contribute to each other. But someone with poor mental health might not have a mental illness, and people with mental illness can still experience physical, social and mental well-being, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Improving and maintaining good mental health is important for everyone with or without mental illness.
In the same way that people make healthy choices such as eating well or exercising to stay physically healthy, they can also take steps to promote their mental health. This allows people to be better equipped to deal with stress, have good relationships, contribute to the community, stay healthy and be productive. People diagnosed with mental illness may have treatment plans that include medication and psychotherapy, but they also benefit from strategies to improve well-being and overall mental health.
WHO WE ARE
The Lifeline network leads the way in providing crisis support and suicide prevention services to Australians in need, 24/7. Our organisation is unique in the fact it has a national reach, but a local approach, with 40 centres around the country delivering services to their immediate areas, including our own.
Lifeline Northern Beaches was established over 50 years ago to serve the area stretching from Kirribilli to Palm Beach. We’re an independent organisation with a local Board, a small number of salaried staff and over 450 volunteers, who provide invaluable support.
WHAT DRIVES US
We’re here to support people going through a wide range of difficulties, from anger, anxiety and depression, to family, relationship and financial problems. Our aim is to connect these at-risk people (and their families) with the right resources to help them through.
Celebrating Fathers Day 2019 Thingtodowithkidz style. Fundraising for Lifeline & Lifeline Northern Beaches and supporting local community.
We raised $1215.00 Thank you to everyone who donated to such amazing cause!!!
Loss and grief is something we all experience. How it impacts us depends on a range of things, including who or what we have lost, our personality, past history, upbringing, cultural heritage, spiritual beliefs, current circumstances and our social support networks.
Family and relationship problems can occur between partners, spouses, parents, children, siblings, friends and other important people in your life. Signs of family and relationship problems include frequent arguing, disagreements, breakdown in communication, angry outbursts, avoidance and physical conflict.
Depression is a serious illness that can affect your physical and mental health, your relationships with others and your ability to work and enjoy life. Depression is one of the most common mental health problems. One in five people experience depression at some stage in their lives.
Loneliness is a feeling of sadness or distress about being by yourself or feeling disconnected from the world around you, particularly over a long period of time.
Everyone feels lonely sometimes but there are ways to get connected and overcome loneliness and isolation.
Self-harm, (also known as deliberate self-injury or non-suicidal self-injury), is when someone deliberately inflicts physical harm on themselves. It is a behaviour that is used to cope with difficult or painful feelings.
Asking for help or help-seeking is the process of finding and receiving support from others.
Getting help when you need it is really important to your physical and mental health.