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Man died of bowel cancer while waiting for disability support pension approval

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The guardian
Wednesday 8th May, 2019
The man, known as John to protect his privacy, was left to survive on Newstart as he battled stage 3 bowel cancer and had earlier attempted suicide after learning of
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‘It’s as though you’re some kind of rabid animal’: Seclusion in mental health units on the rise

Farrah Tomazin
The Age
Thursday 4th April, 2019
Jess Cochran has been physically restrained, chemically sedated and held in seclusion at Victorian public hospitals more times than she’d care to remember. The first episode occurred at the age
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Intellectual disability advocates’ $50m push to improve medical care

Helen Davidson
The Guardian
Monday 1st April, 2019
Carers say health procedures are made more difficult because of doctors’ lack of understanding. The issue, said the council’s senior advocate, Jim Simpson, is primarily a lack of training among
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Mental Health in Australia: A quick guide

Lauren Cook
Thursday 14th February, 2019
This quick guide provides an overview of mental health in Australia, including the prevalence of mental health conditions, the cost of mental illness, government responsibilities, and mental health services available
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‘Kids are dying’: Calls for Headspace to publish waiting lists

Dana McCauley
The Age
Saturday 26th January, 2019
Mental health experts have called on Headspace to make its waiting lists public amid concerns that suicidal teens are dying while waiting up to three months to see a psychologist.
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Mentally ill patients left waiting for emergency care

Dana McCauley
The Age
Wednesday 30th January, 2019
One-third of mentally ill patients seeking help at emergency rooms across Australia are forced to wait unreasonably long periods to receive the care they need, according to a new Productivity
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Disability, thoughts of suicide and Australian men

Associate Professor Allison Milner, Anne-Marie Bollier, Professor Eric Emerson and Professor Anne Kavanagh
The University of Melbourne
Wednesday 19th December, 2018
It’s a difficult subject, but men in Australia are much more at risk of having suicidal thoughts than women; now, new research looks at what this means for Australian men
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Inclusion the key to improved health for people with a disability

Jerril Rechter
Croakey
Tuesday 15th January, 2019
Australians with a disability are less likely to exercise, more likely to eat poorly, report feeling unsafe and unhappy in their own neighbourhoods, and experience worse physical and mental health
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VicHealth Indicators Survey Supplementary report: Disability

Vic Health
Monday 3rd December, 2018
The survey collected information on a range of factors known to influence individual and community wellbeing including safety, mental wellbeing, physical activity, healthy eating and alcohol consumption. The results show
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Contextual issues in the implementation of mental health legislation

RuthVine, FionaJudd
Science Direct
Sunday 11th November, 2018

An new article in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry explores how changes to Victorian legislation improving human rights have been limited by under-investment and policy failures across the

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The patient had planned his suicide. But the crisis team was busy

Aisha Dow
The Age
Thursday 15th November, 2018
Victoria's crisis assessment and treatment teams are the front line for the most mentally unwell people in the state, but GPs who try to get hold of them often can’t
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Mental Health of Jobseekers Suffers Under Government Program

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Friday 2nd November, 2018
The federal government’s outsourced jobseeker program is a “special kind of hell” for welfare recipients with mental health issues, a Senate inquiry has heard.
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