Definition and
What is Mental Illness (MI)?
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The World Health Organisation (WHO, 2019; Reupert & Maybery 2017, pp. 195-196) words mental illness as mental disorder with the definition of:
“Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders are syndromes characterised by clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes that underlie mental and behavioural functioning. These disturbances are usually associated with distress or impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.”
Easier definition - a video by government funded the COPMI official website:
How can you tell?
Several studies find one apparent typical trait of children of parents with a mental illness in inquiring information about mental health literacy (MHL) of knowledge and skills (Hosman,
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van Doesum & van Santvoort 2009, p. 253; Riebschleger et al. 2107, p. 1; Gladstone, McKeever, Seeman, & Boydell, 2014; Grové et al. 2015, p. 128; Murdock and Hall 2002, p. 211; Kelly, Jorm & Wright 2007, p. S26).
Below is brief nine signs of MI from a national public health information service, Healthdirect Australia.
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Quick facts:
- Percentage of Australians experience mental disorders: 17.7% [Source]
- Percentage of Australian children lived in a household with a parental mental illness (Mayberry et al. 2009, p. 24): 23.3% [Source]
- Percentage of Australian children and young people are with ADHD (Lawrence et al. 2005, p. 4): 7.4% [Source]
- Figure of Australian children and young people are with ADHD (AIHW, 2019; Lawrence et al. 2005, p. 4): 315,000 people in 2017 and growing [Source]
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