COPMI – Children of Parents with a Mental Illness
COPMI (Opens in new tab) promotes better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness. The COPMI national initiative was launched by the Minister for Health in 1999 to develop prevention strategies leading to better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness.
Vision
Their vision is to increase awareness and uptake of the COPMI guidelines and resources among relevant individuals and services, to promote the education and training of health and other relevant workforces, and to increase the availability of resource materials for children, family members and other parties affected by parental mental illness.
How COPMI can help
The COPMI national initiative develops information for parents (Opens in new tab), their family and friends (Opens in new tab) in support of kids and young people (Opens in new tab). This information complements online training courses (Opens in new tab) developed by COPMI for professionals (Opens in new tab) to support families either individually or through community services and programs.
Their information is designed to foster better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness, reduce stigma associated with parental mental illness and help friends, family and workers in a range of settings identify and respond to the needs of the children and their families where parental mental illness exists.
COPMI resources are developed under the guidance of people who share the experience of living in families where parental mental illness is a part of family life, and of leading researchers and service providers in the mental health field. They also work with health care providers, community support groups, educators, service organisations and the media.
COPMI reports to the Emerging Minds (Opens in new tab) Board who report on COPMI outcomes to the Australian Government's Department of Health. The COPMI initiative is funded by the Australian Government.
Recommended links
Information from this partner
Symptom Checker
Worried about your health?
Select a symptom, answer some questions, get advice