Blog - The Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Brittany George August 14, 2012 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symp, ANZMHa, BPD, Clinical Nurse Consultant in Community Mental Heal, Co-ordinator Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Program, DBT, Elizabeth Gifford

A Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Program a Rural Community Mental Health setting

In Australia the recent development of draft guidelines for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) will set a standard for the...

Brittany George August 7, 2012 ANZMHa, David Dunt, Mental Health and War, University of Melbourne

Vietnam and Iraq: lessons to be learned about mental health and war

By David Dunt, University of MelbournePhysical injury and death in war is expected. But we also now know the stories of large numbers of veterans...

Brittany George July 31, 2012 ANU Centre for Mental Health Research, ANZMHa, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Associati, Depression, Dr Lou Farrer, online intervention

Promising results for online depression therapy

Published in the NursingReview Online 10 July 2012Australian National University researchers say online interventions can have important flow on...

Brittany George July 30, 2012 ANZMHa, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Associati, Headspace, Regional mental health issues, rural mental health, Swan Hill

Advocates ramp up Headspace campaign

Thomas O'Byrne and Michelle SpeirsThe Guardian - Northern Victoria

Brittany George July 27, 2012 anxiety, ANZMHa, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Associati, Depression, depressive orders, Mental Health

Depression a global problem: It’s not just Westerners who get the blues

Depression and anxiety are found in every society in the world, debunking old theories that only Westerners get depressed.

Brittany George July 26, 2012 ANZMHa, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Associati, Dr Susanne Stanley, Mental Health, Obesity, The 13th International Mental Health Conference, University of Western Australia

Preventing obesity and poor physical health through assessment and ongoing monitoring

Dr Susanne Stanley aims to highlight the poor physical health of the mentally ill, paying particular attention to the high incidence of obesity,...

Brittany George July 25, 2012 anxiety disorders, ANZMHa, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Associati, Depression, Judith C. Baer, Mental Illness, poverty

Poverty, Not Mental Illness, Is Source Of Many Poor Mothers' Anxiety: Study

Rutgers University

Brittany George July 24, 2012 ANZMHa, communication, communication disorders, Concord Centre of Mental Health, literacy disorders, Mary Woodward, social interaction, speech, The 13th International Mental Health Conference

Talk is Cheap: The Role of a Speech Pathologist in Mental Health Services

It has been shown that language (e.g. understanding other people, or expressing yourself effectively), social interaction, and literacy disorders are...

Brittany George July 24, 2012 ANZMHa, Depression, health insurance, Mental Illness, schizophrenia

Depressed? You've got Buckley's getting insurance

Source: Jill Stark, Health ReporterThe Sunday Age

Brittany George July 23, 2012 anxiety, ANZMHa, Black Dog Institute, Depression, ehealth, government initiatives, Mental Health, stress

Australia’s first national e-mental health online portal

Australia’s first national e-mental health online portal has been launched today by the Federal Minister for Mental Health, the Hon Mark Butler MP.