If you have been diagnosed with mental illness, then you are likely experiencing a number of concerns, emotions and questions about these disorders. The following information is intended to inform you about mental illness and also provide you and your family with ways to cope with mental illness in every day life.
Facts
Bullying
Children's Mental Health
Depressive Disorders
Eating Disorders
Enhance Your Health - Ways to Handle Tensions
Mental Illness and the Family
Older Adults
Veteran Resources
Practical Tips for Parents: Treating Depression in Children and Teens
Suicide
What to Do When Depression Enters Your Relationship
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Coping with Everyday Stress and Depression
Mental Health and You (Youth and Young Adults)
Screening Tools
A free and anonymous screening tool is made available to you by Mental Health America of Wisconsin. Click here to take a screening for Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Bipolar or Post-traumatic Stress (for ages 17 and up).
If you are under 17 and believe you or one of your friends has depression, talk with a trusted adult (ex: teacher, school counselor, coach, parent or other family member, clergyperson, physician, etc...). who can help you find the help that you need. Never keep talk of suicide a secret even if your friend has asked you to. Take it seriously and seek help immediately from a trusted adult. It is better to risk losing a friendship than to risk losing a friend forever.
Support Groups
MHA lists over 60 active support groups in the Greater Milwaukee area. There are support groups available for individuals suffering from anxiety, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, ADHD, and more. We also have groups that focus on the support person caring for a loved one with a mental illness.
Anxiety
Depression/ Bipolar
Survivors Helping Survivors - for those who have lost a loved one to suicide
Family Support
Grief Support
Other Groups
Resources
Charles E. Kubly Foundation
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)- Greater Milwaukee
