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Facts about mental illness:
- at some stage in their lives, one
in five Australians will experience
a mental illness which may vary
from mild or temporary to severe
and prolonged
- mental illness can be transient
and come and go throughout a person' s life some people may only experience a
mental illness once and fully recover
- improvements in the treatment of
mental illness now mean that many
people are able to lead rewarding
lives in the community
- many people with mental illness say
that overcoming the stigma attached
to the illness can be more daunting than coping with and overcoming
the illness itself
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Psychiatric Disability