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Brittany George August 8, 2014 6th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symp, Launceston, rural and remote mental health, Rural Employment, rural health, rural mental health, Tasmania, The Examiner, Unemployment

Will unemployment surge put additional pressure on Rural Mental Health Services

THE latest unemployment rates in the Launceston and North-East regions compare with the South Australian outback as some of the worst in the country....
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Brittany George August 7, 2014 6th Aaustralian Rural and Remote Mental Health Sym, American Psychiatric Association, mental health issues., Mental Health News, Mental Health Research

Effect of Rural Residence on Use of VHA Mental Health Care Among OEF/OIF Veterans (America)

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Brittany George August 6, 2014 Addiction 2015, Addiction Conference, Addiction2015, Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference, porn addiction

Don't get worked up: you can beat your porn addiction ... if you want to

By Gomathi Sitharthan, University of Sydney and Raj Sitharthan, University of Western Sydney
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Brittany George August 5, 2014 Addiction, Addiction 2015, Addiction Conference, addictive, Australia, Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference, Chronic pain sufferers risk addiction, diseases-and-disorders, drug-use, drugs-and-substance-abuse, Health, Mental Health, pain, pharmaceuticals, vic, Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association chief execu, Victorian Department of Health's Malcolm Dobbin

Chronic pain sufferers risk addiction

Health groups are calling for greater oversight for prescription painkillers amid concern sufferers are at serious risk of addiction.
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Brittany George July 30, 2014 ABC Rural, Professor Sabina Knight, Rural Depression, rural health, rural mental health, Rural Mental Health Conference

Improving rural mental health support

Updated Mon 14 Jul 2014, 11:40am AEST ABC Rural By Virginia Tapp A health professor in north west Queensland, says mental health support for...
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Brittany George July 28, 2014 6th Aaustralian Rural and Remote Mental Health Sym, Mental Health, Remote Mental Health, rural and remote health, Rural and Remote Mental Health, Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium, rural health, rural mental health

Abstracts closing soon - Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium

The number of Australians experiencing mental health problems in rural and remote areas is estimated to be comparable to major urban centres....
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Brittany George July 28, 2014 15th International Mental Health Conference, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), Kelleigh Ryan, Psychologist and IAHA Board Member

Culturally responsive frameworks influencing practice and informing our health workforce

Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health peak body, leads the way in influencing...
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Brittany George July 24, 2014 Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposiu, David Butt, National Mental Health Commission, NDIS

A Contributing Life – workforce and specific challenges for regional, rural and remote Australia

The focus of the National Mental Health Commission’s national review has been to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of programmes and services...
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Brittany George July 22, 2014 Addiction, Addiction 2015, Addiction Conference, marijuana, Marijuana Addiction, Marijuana Addiction Treatment, Mental Health

Marijuana Addiction

Some smokers do develop all the symptoms of an actual addiction after chronic marijuana use.
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Brittany George July 9, 2014 15th International Mental Health Conference, Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) Suicide Prev, Centre for Mental Health, Dr Angela Nicholas, Research Fellow, suicidal ideation, suicide, The University of Melbourne

An evaluation of the implementation of the Australian ATAPS Suicide Prevention Services

The Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) Suicide Prevention initiative is an Australian Government-funded primary mental healthcare...
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    As an association that is a leader in mental health, we stand beside our First Nations people in both Australia and New Zealand to empower their people and communities to improve their wellbeing. We support our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia and Maori people in New Zealand/Aotearoa and acknowledge the beauty, strength and uniqueness in their people and cultures. We celebrate their diversity and acknowledge that we work, walk and talk on your lands and we thank and pay yindyamarra/whakaute/respect to your ancestors, Elders and people. Our association will work to continue to amplify voices and empower communities to improve the mental health within First Nations people in both countries.