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]
