TheMHS Mental Health Weekly Digest

A roundup of news and journal articles regarding mental health issues. National Suicide lead death cause for under-35s Police unprepared to deal with mental illness Community key to support Don’t treat emotions as illness: expert Fish oil may help depression – Adelaide Study International Study shows high rate of depression in US unemployed 92% of [...]

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Mental Health Weekly Digest

A collection of news and journal items from the past week: National Suicide rates focus of inquiry What future mental health services? Television better for teen health than computer games How would you suggest improving the care of people experiencing a mental health crisis? Study identifies Alzheimers gene WA moves to tackle suicide rate World [...]

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Mental Health Blogs

Keen to read more about mental health? Courtesy of PsychBlog a great list of some of the best international blogs on mental health. Enjoy! General: MindHacks: links to psychological goodness from all around the web. Cognitive Daily: in-depth coverage of cognitive psychology research. The Last Psychiatrist: thoughtful, iconoclastic perspective from a practising psychiatrist. Channel N: brain [...]

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Mental Health Weekly Digest

Every week we wrap up the national and international news from Australia and overseas. Last week was TheMHS Conference hence the gap in the digest: National Pregnancy depression screening concern Face it we are all narcissists now New treatment for chronically depressed National Preventative Health Strategy Launched Council of experts central to Territory’s revised mental [...]

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TheMHS Conference has begun!

Well it is Wednesday and yesterday was a great start to the conference with speakers such as Kim Mulholland,  Dr Carmen Lawrence  and Jill Benson. Today we have a Welcome to Country and Opening ceremony in the morning followed by our MHS Achievement Awards – so stay tuned as I will be live-blogging during the [...]

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Mental Health Weekly Digest

Please find below a roundup of national and international news stories and journal articles from the past week. National Volunteers needed for study into racism and mental health Walls of silence fails them Preventing Youth Suicide  (podcast) Healthier minds for healthier profits Revealed Australia’s suicide epidemic Nine agrees not to air 60 Minutes suicide story [...]

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