“Every dollar redirected from Better Access, as part of these measures, will be re-invested into other and new mental health services targeting some of the...
In the coming months Senators have been asked to pass the ‘Health Insurance (Allied Health Services) Amendment Determination 2011 (No. 2) ’ through the...
Alison Fairleigh, co-founder of the #RuralMH chat, talks about the cuts to the Better Access scheme that came into effect yesterday and her determination to...
By Melissa Raven, Flinders University. Melissa is a psychiatric epidemiologist and policy analyst. The evidence for the effectiveness of the early intervention for psychosis model...
At 6pm today, November 1, the final report of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into Commonwealth funding and administration of Mental Health Services...
BREAKING NEWS (4PM): The final report of the Senate committee inquiry into the funding and administration of mental health has been delayed for a third...
The Senate Committee inquiring into the funding and administration of federal mental health services will finally publish its twice delayed report tomorrow just days shy...
Update: Just 2 hours after publishing this post it was picked up and republished on the United for Change Network blog (minus the links). They are hosting...
A guest post by Alison Fairleigh, a co-founder of the #RuralMH (Rural Mental Health) Chat. Originally posted at Talking Fairleigh. Once upon a time there...
Here’s a good reason to adequately fund mental health: collaborativecare: When you do not address #mentalhealth conditions, you pay more for #healthcare. This message has...