Boost to mental health help over the phone or online: Hon. MARK BUTLER MP

The Government has announced a tender for online and phone mental health services. The full media release is below. THE HON MARK BUTLER MP Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Minister for Social Inclusion Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform MEDIA RELEASE 11 April 2012           BOOST TO MENTAL [...]

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TAMHSS Launched: Join and help change our mental health services

TAMHSS (Transforming Australia’s Mental Health Service Systems) has just launched and have created a blog to help engage with mental health consumers, carers and advocates to drive change. What is TAMHSS? • Provides an independent forum to increase and sustain the momentum for reform • Encourages the Australian community to participate in the transformation of [...]

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GetUp! Campaign Health Reform

Mental ill-health is the leading killer of Australians under 45, and the leading cause of disability in Australia. It’s time our governments stepped up and invested in mental health care to save lives. Please join this petition before it’s delivered in a press conference at Parliament House on Thursday. “I call on the governments of [...]

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Hospitals will treat em and street em

From today’s Australian an article by Ian Hickie: GOING into Monday’s Council of Australian Governments meeting, the signs for genuine mental health reform were good. Kevin Rudd had indicated his support for those young Australians who face tough times. Health Minister Nicola Roxon was a fierce critic of Tony Abbott’s failure to reform commonwealth mental [...]

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More Mental Health Funding reactions

The following items were of note in the media over the past few days: Ian Hickie discusses Unhealthy focus on acute care in Online Opinion Lateline (21.4.10) Mental Health Sector lashes out over funds transcript. Interviewees: Ian Hickie, Jeff Kennet and Rob Knowles

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