Labor leader Anthony Albanese recently urged the government to prioritize the mental health of children and first responders as the crisis continues to unfold. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday announced 2 billion Australian dollars (1.37 billion U.S. dollars) in funding for bushfire relief, i...
Young P, Gordon MS. Mental health screening in immigration detention: A fresh look at Australian government data. Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2016.Young P, Gordon M. Mental health screening in immigration detention: a fresh look at...
CANBERRA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Government has announced 76 million Australian dollars (52.4 million U.S. dollars) in funding for mental health services in bushfire-affected communities. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Sunday that the funding would cover free counselling sess...
Racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in Australia is rapidly increasing. Although Indigenous Australians account for only approximately 3.5% of the country’s population, over 50% of Australians were born overseas or have at least one migran
COVID-19 required mental health services to quickly switch from face-to-face service delivery to telehealth (telephone and videoconferencing). This evaluation explored implementation of a telehealth mental health response in a regional public mental health provider. Methods A mixed methods approach, com...
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A Mother's Grief; Grieving Former Iluka Mother Jodie McConville Is Lobbying the Australian Government over Funding of Mental Health Services. She Believes the System Failed Her Family and Played a Big Role in the Death of Her Son. Here Is an Edited Version of the Letter She Has Sent to ...
In Australia, Primary Health Care and the mental health sector have always shared a philosophy. In 1978, Primary Health Care was first put forward as a strategy to improve "health for all." Recently, the Australian Government included mental health as a national health priority, identifying six...
(2014). Lean on me: The potential for peer support in a non-government Australian mental health service. Asia Pac J Soc Work Dev (Routledge), 24(1/2), 109-21.Davies, K., Gray, M., & Butcher, L. (2014). Lean on me: The potential for peer support in a non- government ...
A number of governments have undertaken or are currently undertaking reviews of mental health laws in light of the Australian Government's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While United Nations bodies have made it clear that laws which enable the detention ...