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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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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Mental Health Weekly Digest

Mental Health media items: Antidepressant risk worse for the young Youth report rings alarm bells The health of the first Australians must be listed as critical Boys and Girls come out to buy Prevention should be the focus of mental health funding Mental Health: Gay and Lesbians more likely to try for it Mental illness [...]

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Mental Health Weekly Digest

Starting this week we have developed TheMHS Mental Health Weekly Digest. A roundup of media items that discuss mental health issues from Australia and overseas: A plea for mental health to be part of the prevention debate Hunter Health Services Flags Suicide Study Expansion Missing Person Campaign Flags Dementia Sufferers Inquest urges mental health patient [...]

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