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 Britons believe admitting mental illness harms careers
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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 of Warcraft online/offline friendships
Depression haunts Aussie [...]
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Posted in TheMHS on Sep 9th, 2009 3 Comments »
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 and behaviour videos.
BPS Research Digest: accessibly [...]
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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 health plan
Self harm case fuels mental [...]
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Posted in TheMHS on Sep 1st, 2009 No Comments »
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 day.
Other [...]
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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
Temps more likely to suffer poor mental health (free [...]
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