Archive for 'Opinion'
Children’s mental health needs to be at the heart of school policy
Support for emotional health in schools is increasingly being recognised as less of a nice add-on and more of an essential practice. Research shows that school-based activities have a big role to play in supporting the [...]
New rules needed on pilots’ mental health
New rules needed on pilots’ mental health Aviation agencies around the world should draw up new rules requiring medical workers to warn authorities when a pilot’s mental health could threaten public safety, French investigators have recommended [...]
Suicide is everyone’s business: Talking mental health to Australian farmers
A suicide prevention group is taking a direct approach in its training in the agriculture sector. Mates in Construction (MIC) has trained almost 100,000 people across Australia in suicide prevention. The not-for-profit group visited the south-east [...]
‘More mental health services needed’ to prevent child suicides
Aboriginal health advocates are calling for better access to mental health professionals in remote communities to combat child suicide, following the death of a 10-year-old girl, who is suspected of having taken her own life. Western Australia Police [...]
Babies cause more mental health problems than abortions – so I don’t need a Supreme Court Judge’s concern
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court will hear a case hailed as the most important abortion case in a generation. It addresses a restrictive law that was passed in Texas in 2013 that led to the [...]
Opinion: Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick on mental health
AS Carol da Costa-Roque observed in Monday’s The Courier-Mail our society has some way to go towards providing people with mental illness with the full understanding, care and support that they deserve. The unfortunate reality is [...]
The Trouble With Mental Health in Northern Ireland
At the beginning of February, figures revealed by the UK’s Office for National Statistics showed that Northern Ireland had the highest rate of suicide in the United Kingdom. In the UK as a whole, 17 people [...]
Depression doesn’t stop when you go to work. It shouldn’t be taboo to tell your boss
Depression affects millions of people around the world. It destroys lives, it ruins marriages and it also impacts on how we work. Yet mental health problems, including depression, are still often a taboo subject in the [...]
Approach mental health like cancer care: prevention is key
With a strong focus on prevention, the mental health taskforce report could prove pivotal in creating a mentally healthier nation. It is well known that there is a disparity in resources between physical and mental health. [...]
Garry Lyon saga highlights Australia has far to go on mental health
Social media is a fantastic tool in many regards, it does undoubtedly have its benefits. People now more than ever are able to voice their opinion and news has become more accessible. It’s also featured prominently [...]
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Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
My apologies for the passion in my response. It springs from deep dee
Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
The rest of the article...I must say...brought deep healing and affirm
Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
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More than half Australian infants have risk factors for adult mental illness
What absolute alarmist disease mongering garbage. You would have to be
How we can cope with family estrangement during Christmas
As someone who is estranged, I don't what to say. Out of my friends, I