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Calls to act after research shows that mental illness increases risk of post-operative complications

Charlotte Mitchell - 29-04-2021

People with serious mental illness have higher rates of post-operative complications and longer stays in hospital, according to a

 
Cocaine-induced deaths double in Australia

AAP - 15-04-2021

More than five people a day lost their lives to drugs in Australia in 2019, new research from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows.

 
3 trauma takes the media gets wrong

HealthTimes - 23-03-2021

Originating in the medical sciences, where it referred to physical injury, the term “trauma” is now often used in popular and scholarly discussion to

 
Floods leave a legacy of mental health problems

HealthTimes - 23-03-2021

Yet again, large swathes of New South Wales are underwater. A week of solid rain has led to floods in the Mid-North Coast,

 
More Australians using psychedelic drugs to self-treat mental health

Charlotte Mitchell - 17-03-2021

The Global Drug Survey has revealed that more Australians are

 
Evidence shows mental illness isn't a reason to doubt women survivors

Health Times - 16-03-2021

This article discusses sexual assault, gendered violence and mental distress.   Over the past week, some media commentary on

 
Time for national action on loneliness, the unnoticed epidemic

Health Times - 12-03-2021

A report on loneliness, an issue which clouds the lives of many Australians and exposes them to increased risk of depression and other illness, has called for a national plan

 
Vic to roll out local mental health hubs

AAP - 03-03-2021

Six mental health hubs across suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria will be operating by the end next year, the state government says. Victoria's royal

 
Challenge to regular anorexia nervosa therapies

Health Times - 01-03-2021

Experts are calling for more work to find better targeted treatments for anorexia nervosa, a global problem underpinning the highest mortality of any psychological condition.

 
Vic mental health system report due March

AAP - 18-02-2021

The findings of a royal commission into Victoria's "broken" mental health system are expected to be handed down on March 2. 
The report was

 

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