Mental Health Information

This section of Reach Out Pro provides you with information and resources that you can use to support your work with young people.

Navigating the Mental Health resources

Each mental health topic listed in the sidebar contains a brief description of a disorder or issue, links to further information and relevant research, and a set of recommended resources that are intended to compliment your work with young people.

Once you have opened the mental health topic, you will find links in the side navigation to supplementary resources under two headings:

Resources for Healthcare Professionals

These sections provide links that lead to related websites that can provide vital information for you and your work. These would especially include websites related to mental health issues within Australia, but may also include international research websites.

Resources for Young People

These sections highlight factsheets, stories, video and digital stories, that direct you to the ReachOut.com website. Here you can print out the information or email to a young person.

The resources recommended in these section have been produced by ReachOut.com and our development partners - Brain & Mind Research Institute, Orygen Youth Health and headspace, Central Coast.

 

How to use the resources from this section with young people

Click on the disorder of interest, for example Mood Disorders, Depression etc.

View the list of resources, and if available, the resources for young people. This will take you to another website (ReachOut.com) and you will need to use the "back" button or the left facing arrow, to return to the original page.

Read the resources and descriptions of the additional resources, noting whether the resource is a fact sheet, story, digital story or video.

View the resource online, print it, save it to your desktop and then copy to a flash drive or email it to the young person you are seeing. These options are listed to the top of the page (print, share, tag).