Mental Health News
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Tips for caring for a relative with dementia
According to Dementia Australia, there are around 472,000 Australians currently living with dementia. If you’re a carer for a relative with this condition, you will want to do everything you can to make their life easier. In this article, we share some dementia tips for carers to help make life easier for both you and your relative. 1. Find new ways... -
How to Help Your Child Cope With Chronic Illness
Has your child recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness? While you may feel all alone, the truth is, 10 to 20 million children and adolescents in the US are living with some form of chronic illness or disability. Continue reading → -
Understanding Autism in Children
Autism is a medical condition that begins in childhood. Once developed, it remains for life. Today, it affects as many as 1 in 70 Australians. It may display different symptoms in different people. And, in this sense, there is not one type of autism but many. This is the spectrum of autistic conditions, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). An... -
8 Tips for Learning to Cope With a Chronic Health Condition
Chronic illness is something we don’t plan for. We usually go about our days planning for our family, household, work, dream vacations, and weekend getaways. But even though we don’t expect to be chronically sick now or in the future, sometimes the inevitable happens. And although chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, cancer, and nerve problems are usually associated with the elderly, the young aren’t spared either. This is why even young people and adults at the peak of their health also get stricken with disease. Continue reading →