Mental Disorders (illness)
The most common mental health disorder in teenagers, often linked to worry and nervousness.
Anxiety Disorders
This practice involves paying full attention to the present moment, noticing your thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Mindfulness
This percentage of Australians aged 16–85 reported experiencing a mental health condition in their lifetime.(within 5%)
45%
In Inside Out, this emotion is responsible for keeping Riley safe by making her cautious and concerned about potential problems.
Fear
This professional helps people with physical or mental health conditions regain the skills they need to return to work, school, or daily life, supporting independence and overall well-being.
Occupational therapist (OT)
An elevated mood involving intense elation or irritability
Mania
This relaxation technique involves tensing and then slowly releasing different muscle groups to reduce stress and tension.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
Anxiety disorders affect this many Australians, making it the most common mental health condition. (within 500 thousand)
3.4 million
In this cartoon Clownfish Marlin exhibits overprotective anxiety after losing his wife and worries constantly about his son.
Finding Nemo (2003)
This professional helps individuals and families access mental health services, connects them with community resources, and provides support during times of emotional or social difficulty.
Social worker
A lasting and continuous, deeply sad mood or loss of pleasure.
Depression
Following a consistent bedtime, limiting screens before bed, and creating a comfortable sleep environment are examples of good...
Sleep Hygiene
This percentage of people with depression in Australia receive treatment. (Within 5 percent)
54%
This Netflix series explores the impact of bullying, depression, and suicide among high school students, based on a popular young adult novel.
13 Reasons Why
This medical professional can create mental health care plans, provide initial support, and refer patients to specialists like psychologists or psychiatrists for further treatment.
General Practitioner (GP)
Excessive, persistent and unreasonable fear of a specific object or situation.
Phobia
Name one Australian service you could contact for support with mental health, such as anxiety or depression.
What is Kids Helpline, Beyond Blue, or Lifeline
This percentage of people with eating disorders in Australia are female. (Within 5 percent)
67%
This 2019 film features Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a jeweler whose compulsive gambling leads him into a perilous spiral of debt and danger.
This professional provides therapy and counseling to help people manage mental health disorders, using techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy, but cannot usually prescribe medication in Australia.
Psychologist
A brain disorder characterised by persistent symptoms of psychosis involving disturbances and disorganisation of thoughts, perceptions, feelings and behaviour.
Schizophrenia
This model explains mental health as the result of the interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors.
Biopsychosocial Model
This manual, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is used by mental health professionals to diagnose and classify mental disorders.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Focuses on a character (played by James McAvoy) with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) who has 23 distinct personalities, showing how the disorder affects behavior and perception.
Split (2016)
A medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental health disorders and can prescribe medication as part of a treatment plan.
Psychiatrist