ABOUT

ABOUT 

BACKGROUND

MENTAL ILLNESS,

FREQUENCY

Mental Illness, touches everyone, nearly half of all Australians have a risk of mental illness during their lifetime.

COSTS

Mental Illness, costs billions of dollars annually, the cost in lives lost or severely compromised is much greater.

SUICIDE

Suicide is the leading cause of death among young Australians, some people with Mental Illness, are never diagnosed or treated.

BLAME

Frequently society’s response to mental illness is to assign blame; people are marginalised, neglected, vilified and incarcerated.

STIGMA

People with Mental Illness are shamed with negative or discriminatory attitudes by others, people develop self-stigma including internalized shame.

TREATABLE

Mental Illness, can be treated, people respond best to treatments that are timely and effective.

SYSTEM 

UNMET NEED*

In 2022-23, around 230,500 people in Australia with a severe mental health condition (aged 12 to 64 years) were unable to access mental health supports.

PSYCHIATRY

Public psychiatry is in crisis, community psychiatrists won’t bulk bill.

PSYCHOLOGY

Ten mental health care plan sessions for people are useful but insufficient.

NDIS

Increasingly there are fewer NDIS psychosocial plans being offered for people, people with NDIS psychosocial plans are having their plan funding reduced and service reviews refused.

ACCESS

Navigating the mental health system is difficult, often services are cold and unsupportive.

SUPPORT SERVICE

ALLIANCE

MENTOR provides a therapeutic environment, that matches people’s definition of empathy genuineness and respect.

CHANGE

MENTOR Identifies the person as the chief agent of change, the person is the most influential contributor to the change.

RELATIONSHIP

People perceive MENTOR to be warm, trustworthy and non-judgemental.

SAFETY GUIDELINES

MENTOR provides tailored and personalised safety processes, protection of a person’s full need including psychology, emotionality and integrity.

PERSEVERANCE

MENTOR won’t give up, MENTOR will keep going until the goals are achieved.

OUTCOMES

MENTOR is outcome focussed. People expect outcomes on the journey toward recovery, even small increments need to be celebrated.

CONFIDENCE

People will know that MENTOR will get them to the point where they can achieve their own recovery.

ABOUT

MENTAL HEALTH IS ABOUT,

CONTROL

Mental Health is about, feeling in control of your life and personal decisions, being able to cope with life’s challenges and stressors.

FUNCTION

Mental Health is about functioning well mentally, such as being able to focus while at work or study.

SOCIAL

Mental Health is about feeling confident to participate in life.

RELATIONSHIPS

Mental Health is about having positive connections with others, personal support from family and/or friends.

POSITIVITY

Mental Health is about being generally optimistic about life events, having hope that good things can, do and will happen.

PHYSICAL WELL BEING

Mental Health is about feeling physically healthy, feeling fit and getting enough sleep.

BELONGING

Mental Health is about feeling like you belong to your community, such as school/study, neighbourhood and workplace.

COPING

Mental Health is about being able to cope with life’s challenges and stressors more easily.

RESILIENCE

Mental Health is about having the ability to learn new skills ideas and concepts, the ability to adapt to change and new situations.

SELF-ESTEEM

Mental Health is about having a positive attitude about yourself, confidence when managing conflict.

STRESS

Mental Health is about finding good ways of coping with stress, such as knowing how to relax, avoid stressful social situations.

LIFE

Mental Health is about planning pleasant events and keeping those plans.

CALL US!

Take the first steps, for more information call/text/message/email:

1300 055 920
0400 552 290
info@mentor.org.au