Mental Health

Mental Health Services and Information

Lifeline – www.lifeline.org.au
Salvo Care Line – 1300 36 36 22
Talk to your local GP or health professional
For young people, Reach Out! – www.reachout.com
For people bereaved by suicide, Salvation Army Hope Line – 1300 467 354
For people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, Multicultural Mental Health Australia www.mmha.org.au
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Local Aboriginal Medical Service available from www.vibe.com.au

SANE Australia helpline 1800 18 SANE (7263) or www.sane.org
Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service www.glccs.org.au
Vietnam Veterans’ Counselling Services and Community Services – 1800 011 046

National Crisis Counselling Services

Lifeline – 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467
For young people 5-25 years: Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800
For men of all ages nationally: MensLine Australia – 1300 78 99 78

Mental Health

National Study Shows Majority Of Self-Harming Adolescents Don't Receive A Mental Health Assessment During Emergency Room Visit

A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, a roughly comparable proportion of these patients receive no outpatient mental health care in the following month...
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Access To Psychotropic Medicines Affected By Health Systems Factors

In a cross-sectional analysis of WHO-AIMS data published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ryan McBain of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA and colleagues investigated the associations between health system components and access to psychotropic drugs in 63 low- and middle- income countries (LAMICs)...
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A Glass Of Milk A Day Could Benefit Your Brain

Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal...
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How A Parent's Education Can Affect The Mental Health Of Their Offspring

New research sheds light on cycle of low socioeconomic status and depression Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study led by AmÃ©lie Quesnel-VallÃ©e, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case...
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Survivors Of Hurricane Katrina Struggle With Mental Health Years Later, Study Says

Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study's lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, said that the results were a departure from other surveys both in the design and the results...
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Mental Health

Lifeline – www.lifeline.org.au
Salvo Care Line – 1300 36 36 22
Talk to your local GP or health professional
For young people, Reach Out! – www.reachout.com
For people bereaved by suicide, Salvation Army Hope Line – 1300 467 354
For people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, Multicultural Mental Health Australia www.mmha.org.au
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Local Aboriginal Medical Service available from www.vibe.com.au
SANE Australia helpline 1800 18 SANE (7263) or www.sane.org
Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service www.glccs.org.au
Vietnam Veterans’ Counselling Services and Community Services – 1800 011 046