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Understanding Mental Illnesses
| This booklet provides an overview of the issues a school may face in relation to mental illness among students, staff and families. Aimed at middle to senior secondary students, it includes a curriculum unit designed to increase understanding of mental illness, reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems, and increase help-seeking behaviours. A video accompanies this curriculum unit. |
Files for downloading
- Complete booklet (pdf, 4.77MB)
- Introduction and rationale, pages 3-16 (pdf, 1.91MB)
- Sessions 1-2, pages 17-44 (pdf, 930kb)
- Sessions 3-4, pages 45-64 (pdf, 440kb)
- Sessions 5-6, pages 65-86 (pdf, 1.65MB)
- Session 7, pages 87-92 (pdf, 254kb)
To view the above files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 7.0+), which is available for free download.