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Mental Health Australia is calling on both sides of politics to prioritise mental health, as polling reveals nearly two-thirds of voters back parties that raise funding.
A former chair of Mental Health Australia, who quit this year in frustration at the lack of progress in addressing need, offers a blueprint for reform.
One of the nation’s most prominent psychiatrists says those with the most severe conditions are critically neglected and marginalised, as the AMA calls for systemic reform.
The neglect of all of those living with severe mental illness boils down to a single driving factor. We think it is indifference.
The severely mentally ill were promised a better future after asylums were mothballed. The promises were hollow.
Matt Berriman, who suffers from bipolar disorder, says Australia’s mental health system almost cost him his life when he was admitted four years ago. Now he wants to see change.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam the only political leader in Australia with a policy to ban the use of puberty blockers, which have now been barred by the UK Labour government.
One of Silicon Valley’s most promising AI startups has announced new safety measures to protect teen users, as lawsuits alleging its chatbots contributed to youth suicide and self-harm mount up.
Australia remains unlikely to follow the UK’s indefinite ban of puberty blockers for people aged under 18, after the government there formalised emergency measures introduced in March.
The UK decision to ban puberty blockers for children indefinitely is yet another warning for Australian legislators and officials.
UK health secretary says it was ‘a scandal’ puberty blockers were given to vulnerable young children without proof of safety or effectiveness.
Waking up at 5am is popular among celebs like Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez. But for this writer, the trend had mixed results.
Investments in housing for those with severe mental illness would reap enormous gains and savings for the nation.
Health Minister Mark Butler describes the atrocious health outcomes, social exclusion and widespread homelessness as ‘a shocking reflection on our community’. The situation is revealed in a report by The Australian and Australian National University.
Indigenous people in remote communities suffer some of the most complex mental health problems yet have an almost complete lack of access to psychiatric and psychology services.
The Haven model has proved not only life-changing for residents with complex mental health conditions, it also results in efficiencies for the NDIS and the health system as a whole.
Since the closure of mental asylums, the ranks of prisoners and the homeless have swelled with the severely mentally ill.
The huge gap in life expectancy between those with severe mental illness and the rest of the population is growing in Australia, with no improvement in sight.
People with schizophrenia experience disability and disadvantage that limits their ability to live a fulfilling life. This is how it often ends.
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