MENTAL HEALTH

How to improve your mental health and wellbeing

It’s normal to feel negative sometimes but when it becomes a problem and starts to a ect your everyday life it’s important to get help sooner than later.

What is mental illness?

Mental Health conditions can vary in severity, each condition requires a di erent level of care and treatment. Some of the most common mental illnesses are depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, persistent depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

What a ects our Mental Health?

Mental health can a ect daily living, relationships and physical health. Your Mental wellbeing can be influenced by several factors, including: • Genetics • Environment • Daily habits • Biology • Traumatic events

Su ering from poor mental health can be a lonely and isolating experience, please know you are not alone. It’s normal to feel sad, anxious or depressed sometimes but when it a ects your ability to get through day-today life, it’s important to get help early.

To get Help

Anxiety and depression can be distressing, and it can stop you achieving your full potential. However, it can be treated. Our Mental Health professionals at DPV Health’s private psychiatry clinic can help you get back to feeling like yourself again. Our highly qualified caring team are dedicated to make you feel comfortable and at ease in our medical centres with psychiatric assessment and management plan tailored to your mental conditions.

Meeting Dr Rohan Mendonsa

MBBS FRANZCP

Dr Mendonsa is leading DPV Health’s private psychiatric clinic. He has been working in the public mental health system since early 2018 with over ten years of experience as a consultant psychiatrist. He was conferred as a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry. Rohan is particularly interested in mood disorders, mental health literacy and consultation liaison psychiatry. To book an appointment with Dr Mendonsa, call 1300 234 263 (select option 4) or speak to your GP for referral. To book an appointment, call 1300 234 263 (select option 4) Speak to your GP to send referral to Lisa Marie - lisa.marie@dpvhealth.org.au