This chapter explores the link between mental illnesses and how one disorder can increase the vulnerability to develop subsequent disorders. Through the story of Rachel, who has been diagnosed with multiple disorders, it delves into the challenges faced in treatment and overall wellbeing.
About one in five Australians experience a mental illness in any given year. But what about when mental health issues occur ... together?
On All in the Mind this week, we look at a massive Scandinavian epidemiological study series which considers why having one mental illness puts you at greater risk of developing subsequent ones, and explore what that might mean for the treatment and prevention of mental health issues.