SANE Australia
Encyclopedia
SANE Australia is a non-profit organisation
which works to improve the attitudes toward and treatment of people with mental illness
es. It was formed in 1986 as Schizophrenia Australia Foundation, and is based in Melbourne
.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
which works to improve the attitudes toward and treatment of people with mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
es. It was formed in 1986 as Schizophrenia Australia Foundation, and is based in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
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