Families & Mental Illness

Looking ahead

Managing mental illness with the correct medication and care can mean living a life that is both fulfilling and hopeful for the future. Responsibilities taken on by those with a mental illness around the day-to-day running of a household, to larger ventures such as maintaining employment, can give the gift of independence and achievement. Carers reflect on some of the most important elements to being a carer. 

These Speaking From Experience Families and Mental Illness video clips offer firsthand accounts from six people living with the affects of a mental illness. They discuss the impact that mental illness has had on their lives.