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Support For Carers

• Association for the Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill (ARAFMI)  - focus on providing support for families, carers and friends with mental health issues
• Carers Australia 
• Carers Australia Young Carers site 
• Disability Rights  - information on disability rights, including in relation to mental health, from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
• Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA)  links to a wide range of State and Territory mental health specialists and services, advocacy groups and tertiary institutions to promote the mental health and wellbeing of Australia's culturally diverse communities
• SANE Australia  is a national charity working for a better life for people affected by mental illness. Their programs and campaigns include the SANE Helpline, StigmaWatch and the SANE Media Centre
• Schizophrenia Fellowship of Queensland Inc.  - provides services and support for people living with schizophrenia and other serious mental illness