Mental Health
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Funding fix needed to help dire mental health system AAP - 11-03-2024
Leading organisations warn the NSW mental health system is on the brink of collapse due to long-term underfunding and are calling on the government to invest more in the sector.
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Mental health patients 'pushed through', inquiry told AAP - 15-02-2024
Funding arrangements are creating perverse incentives for health practitioners to spend less time with patients in need of mental health services. Per-patient
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'Dire' mental health care in flood-ravaged communities AAP - 13-02-2024
Regions left traumatised by repeat disasters are facing a shortage of mental health workers while existing staff face burnout, an inquiry has been told. A NSW
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Psychological distress jumps in young people AAP - 12-02-2024
A jump in psychological distress and loneliness among young people during the pandemic reflects a 20-year trend while inequality is lower than before 2020.
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Caution over psychedelic meds in new approach to trauma AAP - 04-02-2024
MDMA may be known as the "party" drug ecstasy and magic mushrooms associated with hippies, but the psychedelic substances now offer hope to Australians living with
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Top 8 Reasons to Pursue a Degree in Mental Health HealthTimes - 02-02-2024
Curiosity about the human mind and a desire to make a positive impact hook you in? A degree in mental health might just be your calling! Mental health professionals are the
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How To Promote Well-being and Address Burnout as a Medical Student HealthTimes - 03-04-2024
Did you know Australia has 24 university medical schools
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Social media posts used to find mental health distress AAP - 09-01-2024
Social media could be the key to unlocking crucial and improved support for people experiencing mental health issues. James Cook University researchers have
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'World first' ketamine tablet trial to help depression AAP - 10-12-2023
A human trial of an anaesthetic used by some as a party drug could transform the lives of people living with depression where other treatments have failed.
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Farmers urged to tell a mate about mental health help AAP - 08-12-2023
Ed Ross and Dan Allen bonded over being the new guys on a worksite, tasked with doing the worst jobs in a tradies' rite of passage. "It was the end
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Australians feeling mental toll of financial stressors AAP - 06-12-2023
Financial pressures caused by the rising cost of living are having an extreme impact on the mental health of many Australians as the end of the year approaches.
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Physio event highlights the link between physical and mental heatlh Nicole Madigan - 01-12-2023
What began as an attempt to manage staff mental health in the wake of the Covid lockdowns, has turned into an annual event designed to focus on the link between physical and
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Research finds big mental health decline, cause unclear AAP - 29-11-2023
The mental health of Australians declined from 2010 but researchers are grappling to understand why. Research authors from the University of Sydney, University
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Urgent action needed to tackle military veteran crisis AAP - 22-11-2023
The chair of the royal commission into veteran suicides has called for urgent action as new figures outline the shocking number of former military personnel taking their own
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Western Australian teachers demand solutions to mental health issues among students Rahima Saikal - 20-11-2023
Australian students have been experiencing a growing rate of mental health issues over the past two decades and teachers in Western Australia are feeling underqualified and
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Traumatised veterans, racehorses benefit from therapy AAP - 25-10-2023
Learning to get a 600 kilogram horse to move on command may be the unlikely key to helping some war veterans struggling with mental health, substance abuse and homelessness.
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NSW needs to 'catch up' on mental health services AAP - 16-10-2023
High rates of staff burn-out and lower funding levels than other states are impacting mental health services in NSW and costing those in need. Doctors, nurses
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LGBTQI mental health in 'state of crisis' AAP - 15-10-2023
The first survey of LGBTQI people's wellbeing in Australia shows rates of mental illness double to quadruple that of the general population. The latest
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Link between light exposure and mental health AAP - 10-10-2023
There's fresh insight into the link between bright light and mental health with research revealing modern lifestyles are confusing our bodies and making us sick.
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Hospital rape charge dropped for victim's mental health AAP - 05-10-2023
A 13-year-old boy accused of raping a fellow patient in a West Australian hospital crawled into his alleged victim's room to avoid being spotted by night-shift nurses,
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