Click here to read the latest edition of ENGAGE - the official newsletter of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia.

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The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia provides accurate, current information that is useful for consumers, carers, clinician and the general public. The Fact Sheets helps family and people affected by mental illness to understand the issues and formulate plans. Click here to view The Fact Sheets.

 

 
 

To access a copy of the presentation on advocacy, 'How to Engage your MP' by Rob Knowles, President of MIFA, given at TheMHS Carers' Day conference on Tuesday, 30th August click here

 
 
 


Click here
to read The Employment of People with a Mental Illness by Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd from the Policy &Economics Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.

The paper was prepared as a discussion document for MIFA as the research underpinning our Public Policy Statement.

The paper points the way to a reorientation of services adopting evidence-based models to improve the employment outcomes for people with a mental illness.

Impact of schizophrenia, psychosis and bipolar disorder in the workplace
Paper for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
, July 2007

 
 
 

Click here to read the following article that was published in the International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation.