The Shed Online: Supporting Men

This week a new online networking site aims to provide information and support groups for men with depression called The Shed Online The forum’s an extension of the 400 Men’s Shed groups around Australia and aims to create a virtual community, reaching out to men in rural and remote areas. The new initiative was produced by [...]

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National Mental Health Report 2010 Released

This report, the eleventh in the series, presents the latest data on progress made under the National Mental Health Strategy. The report provides a fifteen year view of trends and performance at the national and state and territory levels, over the period spanning the First, Second and Third National Mental Health Plans from 1993 to [...]

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Mental Illness and Stigma – SANE produces Snapshots

Mental illness and stigma is a topic that Mental Health Connect have been discussing for some time so it was with interest that we read a media release by SANE Australia last week entitled - CHANGING THE WAY WE SEE PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS. Here it is below in full: Snapshots! Changing the way we [...]

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National Standards Mental Health 2010 Poster and Video Competition

Have you heard about the National Standards Mental Health 2010 Poster and Video Competition? This is  open to individuals, consumers, carers, mental health staff and organisations, private office based services, private mental health hospitals, and mental health non government organisations. Do you operate, work in, use or support someone who uses a mental health service anywhere [...]

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