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Week ending Friday 17 June 2022

 

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Restraint of children in Victoria mental health facilities increases by 32% [The Guardian]

Royal Commission to investigate defence and veteran suicide [ABC]

Yarraville woman honoured for work in mental health advocacy [Star Weekly]

Family of man who died in custody sues Victorian government over mental health failures [The Guardian]

Overdose and mental health risks persist two years after opioid dose reduction [Business Mayor]

100 years of physician suicide: A call to action [MJA Insight]

Lessons from the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation sector [Croakey]

Nearly 70% of veterinarians have lost a colleague or peer to suicide [The Guardian]

Julia Guillard calls for more mental health and suicide aftercare [ABC]

Young people with ASD more likely to be bullied at school [News.com.au]

 

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Week ending Friday 10 June 2022

 

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For health workers is there a light at the end of the tunnel? [Croakey]

What Labor has promised for the LGBTQIA+ community [Croakey]

Health Journey Mapping tools may help more CALD and ATSI people to health [Croakey]

Profiling physical health of people with mental health conditions [Croakey]

Pop-up mental health clinic to remain open [Star Weekly]

Suicide-related ambulance calls increased during COVID [The Guardian]

Queensland mental health funding lowest in the nation [Victor Harbor Times]

4 out of 10 Australians keep silent about mental health at work [Womens' Agenda]

KPMG and Mental Health Victoria put lived experience at centre of co-design [IT News]

Queensland Parliamentary enquiry highlights increased ambulance call-outs for mental health [ABC]

 

 

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Fears for health of vulnerable residents after statewide program axed [Stawell Times]

Queensland Parliamentary enquiry into mental health progresses [Courier Mail]

 

 

Week ending Friday 3 June 2022

 

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A furry new friend starts school [The Guardian]

Australia needs to decolonise its mental health system and empower more Indigenous psychologists [The Guardian]

Building a shared language for child mental health: 3 years on [Insight Plus]

Cisco joins Lifeline Australia to ‘push’ for better mental health in technology sector [National Tribune]

Concerning figures releases on LGBTQ+ adverse mental health outcomes [Gaynation]

Connecting mental health sector leaders to talk about the mental health reform agenda [Portable]

Crucial LGBTIQ+ safe spaces planned for western Victorian regions [ABC]

Girls have worse Covid mental health than boys [National Tribune]

GPA unveils farmer mental-health initiative [Grain Central]

Mental Health Care The Focus For Labor In SA's State Budget [Hit Network]

Mental health must be key focus of Albanese Government [National Tribune]

New ACT First Nations suicide prevention and support program [Canberra Weekly]

Pandemic mental health help for all ages [Medical Xpress]

Poor mental health is costing the LGBTIQ+ community [SBS]

Poor mental health of LGBTIQ+ Victorians costs up to $3bn [news.com.au]

Queer young people in Australia face disproportionate challenges [Phys Org]

RACGP calls for everyone to put on their crazy socks to support doctor’s mental health [Mirage News]

Reach asks Australians to support wellbeing workshops in disadvantaged schools [Bendigo Advertiser]

Mental health workshop for community clubs [Sunraysia Daily]

New mums receive digital tool iCOPE to detect perinatal depression, anxiety [ABC]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says tennis helps with his mental health [news.com.au]

Survey seeks to better understand rural women’s mental health issues [Grain Central]

The Indigenous trauma specialists working to ease a growing mental health crisis in flood-affected NSW [SBS]

The vital role Australian emergency departments play in frontline mental health care [Medical Xpress]

Time is right to shift trajectory of mental ill-health for First Nations people [Mind Australia]

VIDEO: Author Madonna King says young women are worried about their mental health [ABC]

 

 

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‘Bodies in wells’: Traumatised vet pleads for rural PTSD care [The Advertiser]

Demand for AOD support surges after pandemic [The Courier]

Mental health top priority in new police program [Herald Sun]

 

Week ending Friday 27 May 2022

 

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4 out of 10 Australians keep silent at work about their mental health [Women's Agenda]

COVID-19 added pressure added to existing triggers for poor mental health [Scimex]

Experts discuss the emotional correlation between skin care and mental health: There's 'a lack of compassion in beauty marketing' [Yahoo]

Full extent of music industry’s mental health crisis revealed [Industy Observer]

Headspace welcomes federal investment in early career youth mental health workforce [Mirage News]

‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health [The Conversation]

Lockdowns caused 'high psychological distress' in 70pc of high school students, study finds [ABC]

Mental health worker shortage: ‘there are not enough of us’ [The Courier]

New mental health safe space for women [PH News]

New report reveals mental health impact on young Australians [Shepparton News]

New study paints a hellish picture of mental health in the music industry [Junkee]

No action taken against Victorian mental health services despite more than 12,000 complaints [The Guardian]

No national system vision on mental health from either party [Weekly Times]

NSW government underspent on PPE and mental health, audit of $7.5bn Covid spending finds [The Guardian]

Qld hospital capacity crisis impacts cops [Yahoo]

Student mental health: a university crisis? [Education Today]

Suicide attempts among Australia’s live performers rose over last two years, survey reveals [The Guardian]

Survey highlights COVID-19 impact on youth [Jimboomba Times]

Victorian women to become first in Australia to receive mental health screening during pregnancy [10 Play]

WA mental health peak body calls for end to makeshift boarding houses for vulnerable patients [The West Australian]

Walk the talk: The blueprint Australian business leaders need to tackle our mental health crisis [Smart Company]

Whittlesea council calls for more youth mental health support [Star Weekly]

Workplace inclusion plays a major role in employees' mental health [HR Daily]

Youth mental health affected by ‘relentless’ climate change campaign [Sky News]

 

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Opposition blasts cuts to Mental Health services [Riverine Herald]

 

 

Week ending Friday 20 May 2022

 

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4 out of 10 Australians keep silent at work about their mental health [Women's Agenda]

Amid surging demand for mental health services, psychiatrists urged to abandon reductionism [Croakey]

Disabled Victorians forced to wait in hospital beds due to NDIS delays [The Age]

Dr Cybele Dey: Mental health is the unseen casualty of climate change [Doctors for the Environment]

Eating disorder support 'desperately' needed by families fighting the mental health condition [ABC]

First Nations people in the NT receive just 16% of the Medicare funding of an average Australian [The conversation]

Kids' mental health suffered in lockdowns [Kyabram Free Press]

Mental health scenario of Australia worsening amid COVID-19 pandemic [Kalkine Media]

No ‘system vision’ from either party on mental health [Weekly Times]

Psychedelics could help with mental health [Crikey]

The 29,000 younger Australians living with dementia are getting lost between disability services and aged care [The Conversation]

Walk the talk: The blueprint Australian business leaders need to tackle our mental health crisis [Smart Company]

Young people on care [Policy Forum]

 

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The mental health system is ‘overwhelmed’. Some psychologists say Medicare offers a solution [Brisbane Times]

 

 

Week ending Friday 13 May 2022

 

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ABC TV original series Space 22 explores the beneficial effect of creativity on mental health [The Stawell Times-News]

Experts call for major parties to commit to addressing mental health system bottleneck ahead of federal election [ABC]

Finding a pathway to better mental health services through local accountability [Coast Community News]

Help hard to find amid mental health pinch [AAP]

In health, more of the same will not be good enough [The Age]

Mental health, diabetes and stigma [Retail Pharmacy]

Mental toll lingers after Vic lockdowns [Kyabram Free Press]

Mothers left to save children’s lives as mental health system fails families: charity [Sydney Morning Herald]

My burnout is born of a health system that treats the emergency department as a panacea [The Conversation]

Pandemic increases demand for regional mental health services [Sky News]

Vic alcohol sales rose during lockdowns [Kyabram Free Press]

Victoria’s prison health care system should match community health care [The Conversation]

VIDEO: After 18 months of seeking help, Laura Jane's stuck in the bottleneck of the mental health system [ABC]

Wollongong to become home to Australia’s first all-female trauma-informed mental health facility [Mirage News]

 

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Election money going to wrong places [Weekly Times]

Head to Health model will be expanded in Tasmania under $55m package announced by PM [The Examiner]

Lockdown toll: One in eight has new mental health condition [Brisbane Times]

Senator Penny Wong 'disappointed' by telehealth cuts [The Advocate]

 

Week ending Friday 6 May 2022

 

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A burnt-out health workforce impacts patient care [The Conversation]

A Federal election manifesto: options for strategic mental health reform in Australia [Croakey]

Additional funding for youth-led mental health and suicide prevention initiatives [Mirage News]

AMA welcomes proposed $460m mental health facility in Sydney despite questions over staffing [The Guardian]

Effect of lockdown on mental health in Australia [Medical Xpress]

Free mental health training for Frankston residents [Australian Seniors News]

Funding boost announced for youth mental health program [The Local]

JewishCare gets new mental health helper [Australian Jewish News]

Labels like ‘psycho’ or ‘schizo’ can hurt. We’ve workshopped alternative clinical terms [The Conversation]

Mothers left to save children’s lives as mental health system fails families: charity [The Age]

Researchers find an uptick in the use of school mental health services before the pandemic [News Medical]

Resources workforce safety program gets fund boost [Mirage News]

The jobs where you're a shoulder to cry on, but mental health training is rare [ABC]

‘The rules of the real world must apply in the digital world’: PM [Sky News/YouTube]

Victorian budget’s $1.57m spending is welcome boost for migrant women: Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health [Women's Agenda]

Victorian Covid-19 lockdowns saw jump in people seeking mental health help, inquiry told [The Guardian]

 

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Big gains in health services [Riverina Herald]

Candidates support new Seymour Hub {Kyabram Free Press]

Victorian boys to learn ‘healthy masculinity’ in school [Herald Sun]

 

 

Week ending Friday 29 April 2022

 

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'Catastrophic event' imminent as physical assault rate escalates at Canberra's Dhulwa Mental Health Unit [ABC]

Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed [Yahoo]

Coroner's report into 20yo's death calls for new mental health unit in Kalgoorlie [ABC]

Effect of lockdown on mental health in Australia [University of Melbourne]

Further boost for youth suicide prevention [Mirage News]

How one festival guides a city through trauma [artshub]

Let’s talk about the NDIS: we cannot underestimate the value of supporting Australians with disability [Women's Agenda]

Local doctors issue urgent warning on Medicare [news.com.au]

Mental health investment vote winner [Mirage News]

On highlighting election issues for people with disability, inclusion is key [Croakey]

Statement from Camp Australia on Government support for mental health and wellbeing of children [Mirage News]

VIDEO: Nurses concerned with rising assault cases at mental health facilities [ABC]

 

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Week ending Friday 22 April 2022

 

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Three things Australia could do to help fix the mental health crisis [Brisbane Times]

‘I have a panic attack every Survival Day’: Why Western therapy wasn’t the answer for Portia [Brisbane Times]

 

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Labor’s $520m pledge to tackle ‘national disgrace’ [The Australian]

Swinburne University's Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults provides tele-health psychological support for rural and regional aged care residents [The Courier]

 

 

Week ending Friday 15 April 2022

 

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Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed [Crikey]

Co-morbidity: why one mental illness can lead to more [ABC]

Funding boost for mental health, disease [The West Australian]

Harm of mandatory reporting recognised by Senate committee [Mirage]

Mental health investment vote winner [National Tribune]

More beds for mental health patients to ease pressure on Royal Darwin Hospital [Mix 104.9]

Pain from long Vic lockdown 'short-lived' [Shepparton News]

Suicide prevention, mental health programs boosted by $3.9m fund [National Tribune]

This year’s budget fails to address Mental Health matters [Croakey]

 

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More mental health support ’absolutely critical’ for regional students [Weekly Times]

 

 

 

Week ending Friday 8 April 2022

 

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Carers’ mental health worse than most during pandemic [AAP]

Community Broadcasting Suicide Prevention Project - April 2022 [CBAA]

Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, Dr Ruth Vine opinion piece on floods and testing our resilience [Department of Health]

Federal budget fails Victorian hospitals [VHA]

Gov't funds free access to online parenting resources to support children's mental wellbeing [Healcare IT News]

Headspace Malvern at Northbrook opens [National Tribune]

Maree Teesson to chair national mental health expert panel [Sydney Uni]

Mental health a concern for the region [Geelong Indy]

Mental health facilities opened, but ignored workforce shortages mean no-one’s home [Mirage]

Mental health ranked top issue in Hume and Whittlesea [Star Weekly]

No mental health without planetary health [Insight Plus]

Volley releases limited-edition mullet shoe for mental health [3BA]

 

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Why Dan’s ‘Band-Aid’ youth mental health plan won’t work [Courier Mail]

 

 

Week ending Friday 1 April 2022

 

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$12.2 million to build National PTSD Centre, boost mental health research [Mirage]

$38 million to boost mental health services in the ACT [Fed Gov]

A national suicide reduction target would make sense [ABC]

Award-winning Youth Mental Health model Live4Life coming to Central Goldfields [Mirage]

Boost to mental health support for FIFO and DIDO workers [Fed Gov]

Budget 2022: Everything we know so far ahead of Josh Frydenberg’s March 29 budget {news.com.au]

Budget 2022: What they said [SMH]

Calls for more perinatal mental health support, as parents neglected until at crisis point [ABC]

Calls for people with mental impairment to get more protections in Victoria’s justice system [The Guardian]

Establish a national taskforce, not targets [The Age]

Federal Budget 2022: Treasurer’s speech transcript [Your Life Choices]

Federal Budget 22/23: Baby steps when leaps are needed [National Tribune]

Heidi Everett on the language of our mental health system (podcast) [ABC]

Helping Lifeline help more Australians [Fed Gov]

‘I’m one of the lucky ones’: Mental Health Australia chair’s 25% suicide reduction target [The Age]

Improving the physical health of people with mental illness [Croakey]

Joint Statement on the Inappropriate Use of Psychotropic Medicines to Manage the Behaviours of People with Disability and Older People [NDIS]

Liberal first, Victorian second: Shame on Matthew Guy [Vic Gov]

Mental health measures aim high but miss crucial marks [Pro Bono]

Mind Recovery College: the Australian-first combining mental health services and education [Mind]

New Headspace on The Way [Hills to Hawkesbury]

On the Federal Budget and mental health: the path forward is there but it hasn’t been taken [Croakey]

Part three of wrapping reaction to Federal Budget; it fails so many health tests [Croakey]

Primary school-aged children waiting a year to see a clinical psychologist in regional WA [ABC]

Prime Minister – Transcript – Press Conference – Gordon, NSW [National Tribune]

Wellbeing support for our National Security and Law Enforcement communities [Fed Gov]

Who’s really benefitting from mental health support this budget? [junkee]

 

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'Combating suicide is a national priority’ [AFR]

Hamilton headspace centre announced by federal government to support city's youth [The Standard]

Speak up to demand better mental health care in Australia [The West Australian]

 

 

Week ending Friday 25 March 2022

 

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$206.5 million to support the mental health of young Australians [Fed Gov]

$4 million boost for suicide prevention research [Fed Gov]

$43 million to expand mental health services across the Territory [Fed Gov]

$708.6 million to continue specialist medical training across Australia [Fed Gov]

APA Releases Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) [mediaverse]

As pandemic takes toll on public health workforce, a call for action on burnout in healthcare workers [Croakey]

Better support and fairer outcomes for injured workers [Vic Gov]

Bringing together physical and mental health is the key to tackling suicide in Defence [Australian Physiotherapy Association]

Concerns sent to PM [Examiner]

Continued funding to tackle scourge of methamphetamines [Fed Gov]

Eating disorder research finds telehealth can improve treatment for rural and regional youth [ABC]

Headspace welcomes ongoing government commitment to early psychosis program [Headspace]

'Heartbreaking' stories of Border and North East families begging for support for eating disorders [Border Mail]

It’s time to introduce new treatments for mental illness! [Global Travel Media]

Landmark study looks to embed evidence-based mental health support in schools [The Educator]

Matthew Guy drops plan to scrap Victorian mental health levy on big businesses [MSN]

Mental health will be key budget focus: Hunt [7 News]

More specialist mental health and addiction services [Vic Gov]

Please don't dismiss the PC inquiry into mental health as 'just another inquiry' [Business Daily]

Prolonged Grief Disorder is now an officially recognised mental illness [Gizmodo]

Seven questions to consider for this year’s Federal Budget [PWC]

South Australian Greens call for Minister for Loneliness in next government [ABC]

Synonyms for ‘disappointed’ and ‘hope’; a response to the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement [MHA]

The Australian Government invests $4.2 million to get specialists in the bush [Fed Gov]

The Federal Budget and health: how to read between the lines [Croakey]

‘Urgent national priority’: Pandemic’s staggering mental toll on young Australians [Brisbane Times]

Youth mental health focus set for budget [Health Times]

Youth mental health services to get $206 million for early psychosis intervention [Brisbane Times]

 

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Long-term grief classed as mental disorder divides experts [The Australian]

‘They’ve lost connection’: Covid blamed for ‘lost’ youth [Daily Telegraph]

 

Week ending Friday 18 March 2022

 

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$12 million to improve LGBTIQ+ health outcomes [NSW Health]

Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention David Coleman guests on ABC Afternoon Briefing [ABC]

Australians for Mental Health shines light on treatment wait times [Mumbrella]

Commitment to national mental health reform takes key step [National Tribune]

Community Mental Health Australia initiative heads to North-East Tasmania [The Examiner]

Construction begins on Head to Health’s home [Geelong Times]

Disabled people more likely to experience mental illness [ABC]

Doctors blast government for ‘broken promise’ of GP reforms [Brisbane Times]

Eating disorder treatment shortfall in border region [ABC]

Encouraging workers to consider a tree-change [Vic Gov]

Government warned of triple-0 problems years before deaths [The Age]

Hopes Australian-first mental health literacy course can help kids nationwide [ABC]

How does a battle with COVID-19 impact mental health down the track? [scimex]

It’s Time to Introduce New Treatments for Mental Illness! [Global Travel Media]

Living with a disability can lead to anxiety, but tailored mental health support could help [ABC]

Map reveals countries with the best mental health in the world, and where distress is most prevalent [Business Insider]

Mental health and quality of life outcomes of gender-affirming surgery: A systematic literature review [Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health]

NSW Health launches LGBTQIA+ strategy as hospital CEO tells of feeling ‘uncomfortable’ as a gay patient [news.com.au]

NSW premier commits $25 million to mental health support for flood victims, warns crisis 'not over' [9 News]

Project seeks to better support First Nations LGBTQIA+ mental health [Out In Perth]

Providers profit more than job seekers [Business Daily]

Telehealth hits 100 million services milestone [Aus Gov]

The reality of mental health for young Australians, with Prof Patrick McGorry AO [MJA podcast]

Vital health support for flood-affected regions [Aus Gov]

Walk dad spreads powerful message [Star News]

 

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Week ending Friday 11 March 2022

 

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‘Be a real partner’: Dan Andrews sledges Prime Minister [news.com.au]

Building a collective wish list for mental health reform [Croakey]

Feeling overwhelmed by world events? Treat yourself the way you would a friend [The Guardian]

Government announces mental health support for flood victims [Sky News]

GPs should be trained to treat more mental health patients to ease ‘national emergency’, peak body says [The Guardian]

HE suicide prevention project launched [The Pie]

Healing the harm of forced adoption [VicGov]

Horsham and Ararat earmarked in mental-health plan [Weekly Advertiser]

How do I talk about anxiety when there’s no word for it in my language? [ABC]

IWD: snapshot of women’s mental health in Australia [Mental Health Commission]

Mental health centre coming to Dandenong [Star Journal]

Mental health funding plan stalled over fight between state and federal governments [ABC]

Mental health support for primary school children: early intervention [Insight Plus]

Norlane location for mental health centre [Geelong Independent]

‘People don’t choose to become addicts’: the push to end Victoria’s war on drugs [MSN]

RANZCP and ACEM critical of government promises on mental health [Mirage News]

SA signs up to mental health package [7 News]

Serious mental illness associated with increased cardiovascular risk in young adults [News Medical]

Strike a pose for International Women’s Day? Give me a break [Mind Australia]

These 3 mental illnesses tied to heart attack and stroke [Knowridge Science Report]

‘They aren’t stepping up’: Governments at loggerheads over mental health plan [SMH]

Vic to mull illicit drug policing trial [Northern Beaches Review]

VIDEO: Julia Gillard on mental health and anxiety [ABC]

WA’s first mental health transitional care unit announced in St James [Perth Now]

‘Wellness’ industry contributing to oppression of women [The Conversation]

 

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Boost for Geelong region’s mental health services [Geelong Advertiser] 

 

 

 

Week ending Friday 4 March 2022

 

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CBT is wrong in how it understands mental illness [The Conversation]

Monash combining virtual reality with psychedelics treatment [Stockhead]

One in 3 psychologists having to close their books post-pandemic [ABC]

Rethinking our response to mental health issues in law [Lawyers Weekly]

Therapeutic psychedelics: mental health ‘magic bullet’ or expensive trip? [RACGP]

Torn between worlds, Ukrainian Australians are feeling the mental health impacts of war. Here’s how to help [The Conversation]

 

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Mental health centre opens at St Kilda Football Club Moorabbin headquarters [Herald Sun]

 

 

 

Week ending Friday 25 February 2022

 

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Could psychedelics revolutionise the way we treat anxiety and depression? [Knowledge Science Report]

Covid infection increases risk of mental health disorders, study finds [The Guardian]

Fresh data shows a suicide crisis among Victoria's Indigenous population has worsened [ABC]

Mental health literacy in schools: let’s talk about how we talk about mental health [Education Today]

Parents need more support around mental health: ACU study [Catholic Weekly]

Victorian Opposition pledges 'largest ever' mental health recruitment if elected [ABC]

When learning goes global [NWPHN]

‘You have been heard’: Providing a voice for loved ones lost to Defence suicide [WA Today]

 

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Antidepressed: a call for revolution in mental health care [The Australian]

The shadow pandemic: horror health crisis plaguing our kids [Herald Sun]

 

 

Week ending Friday 18 February 2022

 

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‘Border closures creating long-term mental health crisis’ [Indian Sun]

How Australia’s private school principals will rise to the challenges of 2022 [Educator Online]

Program helping register First Nations births on last legs [Pro Bono]

Racism is a public health crisis – but Black death tolls aren’t the answer [Pro Bono]

The royal commission must find ways to keep veterans out of jail [The Conversation]

Union reveals Federal Government fund to address mental health of FIFO workers untouched [Medianet]

 

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Code 9 foundation raising awareness of first responders suffering PTSD with Larapinta hike [Bendigo Advertiser]

Program helping older south-west people address isolation during pandemic [The Standard]

 

 

 

Week ending Friday 4 February 2022

 

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As we face up to a federal budget and election, what are the critical health issues to elevate? [Croakey]

COVID surveys to guide wellbeing plan for young Australians  [The Mandarin]

Federal Government increases mental health spending [Jimboola Times]

Safer mental health support for Victorian women [PH News]

Survey finds youth need more COVID support [Blue Mountains Gazette]

Who cares for the carers? [Australian Seniors Stories]

Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients [Pro Bono]

 

 

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WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 2022

 

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Creating a ‘culture of conversation surrounding mental health’ [Lawyers Weekly]

‘Largely invisible’: Lockdowns trigger surge in eating disorders [Brisbane Times]

New ACU course helps ECEC leaders, directors and decision makers with mental health [The Sector]

New powers for online safety body begin [Border Mail]

‘Opportune moment’ to improve children’s health inequities [RACGP]

Small business debt and mental health help continues [Coast News]

The pandemic has weighed heavily on children – but there are ways to lighten their load [The Guardian]

 

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Ballarat Men's Mental Health partners up with Highlanders Rugby for charity tournament [The Courier]

‘It’s just too bloody hard’: advice for participants and carers at risk of giving up on NDIS [Herald Sun]

Two-tier rebates ‘psychologically damaging’ [The Australian]

Youth campaigner named Moyne Shire Young Citizen of the Year 2022 [The Standard]

 

 

 

WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 21 JANUARY 2022

 

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63.5% of Australia’s performing artists reported worsening mental health during COVID [The Conversation]

From fear to connection, dynamic MENTAL exhibition explores a colourful spectrum of experiences [The Conversation];

How to look after your mental health if you’re at home with COVID [The Conversation]

Mental health hub combats Covid-19 concerns [Star News]

Quest for new mental illness treatments continues with MDMA and psilocybin trial [Beaudesert Times]

Short consultation period for national violence against women plan slammed [Pro Bono]

Supporting your mental health at work [Medical Life Sciences News]

 

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Central Victorian domestic violence and mental health services busy over Christmas [Bendigo Advertiser]

New mental health and wellbeing hub opens in Cobram [Riverine Herald]

 

 

WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 14 JANUARY 2022

 

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Australian aged care and youth mental health are systems abdicated by governments [Business Mayor]

Boost to enhance telehealth experiences for patients and doctors [Medianet]

IPC Health looking to set up mental health hub [Star Weekly]

Planning, stress and worry put the mental load on mothers – will 2022 be the year they share the burden? [The Conversation]

State seizes control of supported care homes over abuse, ‘uninhabitable conditions’ [Brisbane Times]

When does anxiety become a problem? [Brisbane Times]

 

 

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‘Fear, friction and fatigue’: the impact of Covid on mental health [Courier Mail]

Lifeline Central Victoria and Mallee to hold domestic violence awareness session to build skills in the community [Bendigo Advertiser]