Mental health service advocates rally for more government funding
A consumer of mental health services. A mother of a mentally-ill youngster. A peer counselor. Regardless of title, all were in attendance with the same goal in mind – to rally at the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago for state funding for mental health services. Rally organizer Mark Heyrman declared that “not everyone [...]
Youth Mental Illness: Stigma, Lack Of Awareness About Mental Health
In any given year, one in five people in Canada has a mental health problem or illness. Of the 6.7 million people who have a mental health problem, about one million are children and teenagers between nine and 19 years old. Mental health problems cost at least $50 billion a year, or 2.8 per cent [...]
The dark physical side of mental health – Canberra Times
Michael says the anti-psychotic medication he had been prescribed to control his schizophrenia had given him weight problems. Photo: Melissa Adams Unintentional discrimination in the health system may be contributing to poor physical health and reduced lifespans for people with schizophrenia, a new mental health campaign has said. The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia said [...]
The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
Price: AUD$16.12 Save $7.94 Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Published: 17 September 2010 Format: Paperback 224 pages Categories: Biography: General Autobiography: GeneralMemoirs Coping With Personal Problems ISBN 13: 9781572247109 ISBN 10: 157224710X Sales rank: 13,551 Click here to purchase The Buddha and the Borderline with free worldwide delivery Kiera Van Gelder’s first suicide attempt at the age of twelve marked the onset of her struggles with drug addiction, depression, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and [...]
Beadman’s long road back from addiction
Mitchell Beadman with his father Darren. Picture: Phil Hillyard THE terrible come down from drugs would drive Mitchell Beadman back to bed for three days at a time. With the curtains drawn, he would lie under the sheets frozen by depression and fear. “I would go to ground for however long it would take for [...]
AFL stars come forward to raise awareness of concussion and mental health
Head knocks … Ian Paton speaks out about mental health. Source: News Limited Hawthorn premiership ruckman Ian Paton has revealed his struggle with mental health since hanging up the boots. At least five more former AFL stars are taking part in a university study into the long-term affects of head injury and concussion, and it [...]
Beaconsfield hero helps break taboo
Darren Flanagan should have been feeling on top of the world in the weeks after the Beaconsfield mine disaster. He helped save two men’s lives. The nation was calling him a hero. Others referred to him as “the gun”. But instead of basking in the glory of his success, the explosives expert locked himself in [...]
Sunday Age big issue: patient advocacy
Illustration: Matt Golding. Treatment worse than the disease THANK you, Julia Medew (”Patient power troubles GPs”, News, 30/12), for exposing our corporatised health system. Patients are often disempowered, and highly medicated patients do not have the agency to effectively express their concerns to doctors. My hospital experience was more debilitating than the illness I received [...]
