The 16th International Mental Health Conference will be held at the QT Hotel, Surfers Paradise from 12 – 14 August 2015. The conference theme “Mental Health Future For All” will address the broad spectrum of mental disorders including Anxiety...
Read moreIn December 2014, the NSW Minister for Mental Health, the Hon. Jai Rowell announced a $115 million funding boost to mental health services in NSW. On 20 January 2015 at Sutherland Hospital he announced that the package would include $1.8 million...
Read moreThe 16th International Mental Health Conference will be held at the QT Hotel, Surfers Paradise from 12 – 14 August 2015. The conference theme “Mental Health Future For All” will address the broad spectrum of mental disorders including...
Read moreBy Barbara Sahakian, University of Cambridge Neuroscience holds the key to understanding the brain – and to developing more effective treatments for people with mental health disorders. But if we are to translate the many neuroscience discoveries...
Read moreThe head of the Hazelwood health study says no stone will be left unturned in assessing the health impacts of last year’s mine fire in south-east Victoria. The long-term health study was launched at the Monash School of Rural Health at...
Read moreThe 7th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium values your feedback – tell us where you would like to conference in 2015: [pollone id=”2″] Ballarat, Victoria Where the past, present and future meet. Ballarat gets your...
Read moreThe Strategic Plan sets out actions and future directions for reform of the mental health system in NSW. It maps a demanding agenda for change that puts people – not processes – at the heart of its thinking. It asks that the NSW Government...
Read moreThe government is channelling more resources to rural areas to address mental health issues. The NSW Mental Health Commission recently conducted community consultation across the state to understand how people were experiencing mental health care...
Read moreAlmost half the total Australian population experience a mental disorder at some time in their lives. Becoming more resilient will help with the ability to bounce back from difficult times and avoid developing mental illnesses such as depression...
Read moreBy Jan Golembiewski, University of Sydney Radical circumstances (bushfires and natural disasters) flush out the mental illness in society. Whenever there’s a disaster, there’s a rush on hospital admissions for psychiatric problems. But on the...
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