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Discussing your healthcare with your clinician is an important way to ensure that you and your clinician make the right choices for you.

The MHCA/Pharma Collaboration has funded the development of checklists to assist carers remember key points they may wish to discuss.

Discussing your healthcare with your clinician is an important way to ensure that you and your clinician make the right choices for you.

The MHCA/Pharma Collaboration has funded the development of checklists to assist consumers remember key points they may wish to discuss.

Mental illness, housing instability and homelessness often share much common ground. The MHCA believes an understanding of the relationships between these experiences is essential if accommodation problems are to be tackled.

Good mental health helps us to respond better to the stresses and challenges of daily life.  This fact sheet looks at some of the ways to more fully enjoy and appreciate the people and environment around us.

Recent research by the Heart Foundation of Australia has concluded that there is strong link between depression, social isolation, the lack of quality social support and coronary heart disease.

There are significant barriers to employment for people with a mental illness and most of these are now well understood.  However, these problems can be overcome and solutions found.

This fact sheet looks at updated evidence relating to the mental health and wellbeing of the Australian population from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

There are many considerations to take into account when applying for the different types of insurance available. This fact sheet outlines some of the issues involved in applying for insurance.

Obtaining insurance is not always a straightforward exercise. This is an ongoing issue and it remains a priority for mental health advocates.  In this fact sheet the MHCA highlights some of these issues.

When completing an application for insurance, a number of personal questions will be asked. This fact sheet looks at some of the issues surrounding privacy and disclosure for insurance purposes.

A landmark report released by the MHCA found strong associations between mental illness and cannabis, although this is not the same as a causal link. This fact sheet highlights some of the evidence.

There are many signs that might indicate a person is suffering from depression, anxiety and/or alcohol problems. These are the most common mental health problems affecting people in Australia. Effective treatments are available and early identification and care can reduce harm and improve quality of life.

It is illegal to discriminate against a person on the grounds of that person’s disability. This fact sheet explains the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, and in particular section 46 which states that discrimination in the provision of insurance is not unlawful under certain circumstances.

There is considerable concern about the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers in immigration detention centres, particularly for those who are held for prolonged and indefinite periods. Research evidence and mental health sector organisations support a number of changes to minimise the negative psychological impact of immigration detention.