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A mental illness can have significant impact upon thinking processes, emotions, perceptions, motivation and confidence, resulting in difficulties in learning, problem solving and achieving academic and vocational goals.

The Counselling Service and Disability Service at UWS provide support to all UWS students who need it.

Mental health

Mental health problems exist across a spectrum of states of mind and behaviours, from temporary responses to painful events through to more debilitating and persistent conditions. At some time in our life we will all experience adverse life events. At such times it is not unusual for a person to experience symptoms such as: lack of energy; loss of interest in everyday life activities; changes in sleep or appetite patterns; inability to make decisions; irritability or moodiness; confusion; sexual problems; or feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.

Problems arise when the above symptoms become severe or long-lasting or if they start to negatively affect every facet of your life, eg, relationships, personal health, job and academic performance. For some people the stress they experience at these times may lead to the start of a mental health disorder.

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Mental health awareness

Unfortunately there is a lot of ignorance about mental health and illness, and consequently sufferer’s often feel a lot of shame. UWS strives to eliminate this by bringing mental health and illness into the open, educating the community and dispelling misconceptions.

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Community Mental Health Centres

Every area of Sydney is covered by a community mental health team. These teams consist of a number of health professionals (psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and psychologists, occupational therapists) and they provide services to mentally ill clients such as assessment, support, case management and crisis response teams. Your local service can be found in the telephone book.

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