Rural Alive & Well: focusing on people first
Rural Men and their families are often left to climb back through the gaps of systems and duly ignored and forgotten. I would ask at what expense and...
Help at the End of the Line? What does analysis of rural and remote calls to SANE Helpline tell us about mental health needs in the country?
The SANE Helpline is a national 1800 and online service providing information, advice, and referral to people concerned about mental illness.
The complex phenomenon of disordered gambling: emerging approaches to diagnosis and treatment in rural communities
Associate Professor Peter Harvey provides an overview of the phenomenological and methodological aspects of a treatment programme available for...
The effects of natural disasters on rural communities: strategies for survival
The 2009 Victorian bushfires are arguably the greatest natural disaster Australia has faced. In early 2009, even while the emergency relief effort in...
Bridging the rural-urban divide for improved mental health
The devaluing of rural Australia as an important contributor to Australia’s social and economic fabric, and the declining profitability of core...
Supporting mental health post-disaster: Disseminating a 'Skills for Psychological Recovery' training program to practitioners across Queensland
Following the 2011 natural disasters in Queensland, the Queensland Government funded delivery of the SPR training and support program to hundreds of...
The prevalence of cognitive impairment in rural substance treatment participants: The implications for treatment approaches
Cognitive impairment (CI) includes acquired or traumatic brain injury, intellectual disability or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Cognitive...
Help seeking for Suicide in an Aboriginal Community: The Njernda CRUNCH study
Youth suicide among Aboriginal communities Youth suicide among Aboriginal communities is much higher than in the mainstream population. Both...
Alcohol and drugs can lead to regrets (PRESS RELEASE Helen Morton: AUGUST 5, 2012)
Helen Morton Minister for Mental Health; Disability ServicesSun 05 August, 2012Portfolio: Mental Health
National Health Priority number 9!
By Yasmin Noone