Living with Mental Illness: Attitudes, Experiences and Challenges

Picture a room with 20 people.

Three of them are different. Why?

These are the people who lives have not been touched by Mental Illness.

The remaining 17 share a bond – they have either directly experienced mental illness (7) or they have a family member of friend who has suffered a mental illness.

On 30 July, 2007, Wesley Mission's Superintendent, Rev Keith Garner, launched The Wesley Report - Living with Mental Illness: Attitudes, Experiences and Challenges. This report delves under the surface of society's skin, revealing how the community feels about living in close proximity to those with a mental illness, as well as highlighting the everyday difficulties those with a mental illness face.

Download the report Living with Mental Illness: Attitudes, Experiences and Challenges. [4.77 MB PDF]

Download the Summary and Recommendations report (4.59 MB PDF)

This is the second in The Wesley Report series. The first report, Financial Stress and Its Impact [4.95 MB PDF], is also available to download.

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