On this page · Anxiety disorders · Behavioural and emotional disorders in children · Bipolar affective disorder · Depression · Dissociation and dissociative ...SkiptomaincontentMentalhealthservicesHomeMentalhealthservicesTypesofmentalhealthissuesandillnessesActionsforthispageListenPrintSummaryReadthefullfactsheetMentalillnessisageneraltermforagroupofillnessesthatmayimpactonaperson'sthoughts,perceptions,feelingsandbehaviours.Mentalillnesscanaffectworkingandpersonalrelationships.Medication,counsellingorbothcanhelpyoumanagementalillness.OnthispageAnxietydisordersBehaviouralandemotionaldisordersinchildrenBipolaraffectivedisorderDepressionDissociationanddissociativedisordersEatingdisordersObsessivecompulsivedisorderParanoiaPost-traumaticstressdisorderPsychosisSchizophreniaWheretogethelpMentalillnessisageneraltermforagroupofillnessesthatmayincludesymptomsthatcanaffectaperson’sthinking,perceptions,moodorbehaviour.Mentalillnesscanmakeitdifficultforsomeonetocopewithwork,relationshipsandotherdemands.Therelationshipbetweenstressandmentalillnessiscomplex,butitisknownthatstresscanworsenanepisodeofmentalillness.Mostpeoplecanmanagetheirmentalillnesswithmedication,counsellingorboth.Thispagelistssomeofthemorecommonmentalhealthissuesandmentalillnesses.AnxietydisordersAnxietydisordersisagroupofmentalhealthdisordersthatincludesgeneralisedanxietydisorders,socialphobias,specificphobias(forexample,agoraphobiaandclaustrophobia),panicdisorders,obsessivecompulsivedisorder(OCD)andpost-traumaticstressdisorder.Untreated,anxietydisorderscanleadtosignificantimpairmentonpeople’sdailylives.Formoreinformationsee: AnxietydisordersBehaviouralandemotionaldisordersinchildrenCommonbehaviourdisordersinchildrenincludeoppositionaldefiantdisorder(ODD),conductdisorder(CD)andattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder(ADHD).Treatmentforthesementalhealthdisorderscanincludetherapy,educationandmedication.Formoreinformationsee:BehaviouraldisordersinchildrenBipolaraffectivedisorderBipolaraffectivedisorderisatypeofmooddis