MENTAL HEALTH NEWS | TALKING DISABILITY

A module for disability professionals on providing support to people with an intellectual disability through transitions and life events was launched on 12th August [Source: Shutterstock]

Online resource expands to support life transitions and events

Tags Education Mental Health Posted 5 days ago by Nicole Pope

An online resource helping health professionals and carers to better understand and support the mental health and wel… Read more

Remove the Barrier addresses the invisible barriers of unconscious bias and discrimination faced by one in five million Australians living with disability [Source: Supplied]

New campaign set to break down employment barriers

Tags Education Accessibility Mental Health Employment Posted 3 weeks ago by Nicole Pope

A new campaign launched by the Dylan Alcott Foundation is set to break down the barriers people with disability face … Read more

Peer Mentor Laura McMahon, Psychologist Ashlee Raymond and Peer Mentor Lachlan Miller [Source: Supplied]

Program supporting young South Australians with ABI returns

Tags Conditions Education Mental Health Employment Posted 1 month ago by Nicole Pope

A popular South Australian program helping young people who have sustained an acquired brain injury (ABI) through a m… Read more

Only three percent of survey respondents met all five healthy lifestyle requirements of nutrition, physical activity, body weight, smoking and alcohol consumption [Source: Shutterstock]

Healthy lifestyle helps combat depression and anxiety in people with MS

Tags Mental Health Research Posted 1 month ago by Nicole Pope

New Australian research has found people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) who maintain a healthy lifestyle report … Read more

L-R: Jack Heath, Sophie Raphael, Dr. Chris Groot, Dr. Michelle Blanchard and Professor Sarah Wilson [Source: Supplied]

Partnership to explore stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health

Tags Education Mental Health Research Posted 2 months ago by Nicole Pope

Two organisations have partnered together to help drive positive societal change and improve the lives of Australians… Read more

The resource follows last month's resource supporting people with Down syndrome when it comes to decision-making [Source: Shutterstock]

Mental health in people with Down syndrome a focus of new resource

Tags Down Syndrome Education Mental Health Posted 2 months ago by Nicole Pope

Following the launch of a resource helping people with Down syndrome make their own decisions last month, peak body … Read more

The funding will help the 1 in 4 young people who present at a headspace centre not engaged in work or study [Source: Shutterstock]

Funding investment to continue and expand mental health employment support

Tags Finance Mental Health Employment Posted 6 months ago by Nicole Pope

One of Australia’s leading mental health organisations, headspace will continue to help young people with mental il… Read more

The study of more than 90 percent of ACT mental health care providers found the transition to NDIS individualised funding was met with distress and uncertainty [Source: Shutterstock]

Study reveals NDIS is failing mental health providers and participants

Tags Mental Health Posted 6 months ago by Nicole Pope

A recent study of mental health care providers in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has suggested the National D… Read more