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"There is no ice epidemic, that is absolutely clear." Dr Nicole Lee challenges the media's coverage of the drug's usage in Australia.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-education, drug-use, drug-offences, mental-health, human-interest, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThirteen young Sydneysiders facing issues including homelessness and substance abuse join Mission Australia's Sounds of the Street program to shake off their demons and record their own album titled Mess.
Topics: education, music, community-and-society, youth, mental-health, sydney-2000, nsw
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A radio program created by and for teenagers aims to open up the discussion on mental health for high school students.
Topics: mental-health, child-health-and-behaviour, anxiety, depression, radio-broadcasting, secondary-schools, brisbane-4000
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Topics: public-schools, mental-health, mount-isa-4825
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Topics: mental-health, secondary-schools, primary-schools, public-schools
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A service club in Mount Isa, northwest Queensland donates specialised benches aimed at tackling mental health to almost every school in the town.
Topics: mental-health, youth, mount-isa-4825
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More than two million Australians are living under severe financial stress, and it's taking a toll on their health.
Topics: health, mental-health, australia
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| UpdatedThe number of suicides of Pacific Island New Zealand young men who've travelled to Australia for professional rugby league careers is being investigated.
Topics: mental-health, pacific
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A 20-year-old Iranian refugee who is being treated for dehydration and mental illness in Papua New Guinea is told he cannot receive treatment until his bail application is heard.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, mental-health, health, papua-new-guinea, fiji, iran-islamic-republic-of
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| UpdatedKylie Walker says discrimination and a lack of community awareness about homosexuality contributed to her mental health problems, rather than her sexual orientation itself.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, depression, mental-health, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedIt is simply unacceptable that people with intellectual disability in our community are dying from preventable causes at over twice the rate as other Australians, write acting NSW Ombudsman Professor John McMillan and Deputy Ombudsman Steve Kinmond.
Topics: health, mental-health, disabilities, human, human-interest, healthcare-facilities, nsw
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| UpdatedMore than 1,000 Victorian police workers have sought help from the force's support services since Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage last month, a top cop has revealed.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, mental-health, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA new play by Sydney playwright Kate O'Keeffe tells the story of her family's almost five-year search for her missing brother Daniel.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, missing-person, sydney-2000
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We need to do more to stop the scourge of loneliness, writes Deirdre Fidge. If that means responding to an online ad for a fishing buddy, so be it.
Topics: relationships, welfare, mental-health, internet-culture, social-media
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A Tasmanian mum who lost her 16-year-old son to suicide enlists the help of Lifeline in a bid to fill a gap in services for those affected by similar tragedies.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, hobart-7000
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Regional families can suffer from issues around unresolved trauma after extreme weather emergencies.
Topics: weather, mental-health, regional, bushfire, cyclones, floods, australia, perth-6000
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| UpdatedQueensland police complete an investigation into an assault that left Brisbane teenager Tyrone Unsworth hospitalised with a broken jaw, a month before he took his own life.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, activism-and-lobbying, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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Dr Wootten says there are proven benefits of practising mindfulness for students, teachers and families.
Topics: education, mental-health, australia
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| UpdatedExperts say the practice of mindfulness can help families and teachers transition from holidays to being back in a school routine.
Topics: education, mental-health, child-health-and-behaviour, parenting, family-and-children, schools, australia
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| UpdatedIn November 2016, Tyrone Unsworth killed himself after years of homophobic bullying. He was 13. His school claims it knew nothing, but the warning signs were there.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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Margaret Court is the world’s most decorated tennis player with 64 major titles to her name. Court is now a Christian pastor who treasures her sporting victories, but says they are no match for her faith.
Topics: domestic-violence, family, marriage, gays-and-lesbians, christianity, evangelism, sport, tennis, australian-open, health, mental-health, australia, albury-2640, nsw, melbourne-3000, perth-6000, wa, united-states, england
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Unemployment is a major contributor to the high rates of veteran suicide in Australia, a Senate inquiry has heard.
Topics: mental-health, suicide, veterans, australia
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| UpdatedBetter care services, better public transport and stronger regulation on employers are all part of the solution to Australia's labour market problems, an Australia Institute economist says.
Topics: lifestyle, work, mental-health, health, australia