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					As a parent, you can sometimes feel overwhelmed and stressed as you juggle the many responsibilities that come with… Read more
					  
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					 As the education sector prepares for its 2021 return, COVID-19 has propelled a…  Read more
					 
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					Be calm and carry on is a can-do message filled with hope and encouragement. It reminds us that when… Read more
					  
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					When Winter hits town, so too do the grumbles. The days are too short, there’s not enough sunshine, the… Read more
					  
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					Everyone has felt unhappy at times of struggle and stress, but many people have felt a lack of fulfilment…  Read more
					 
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					 How do you wake up in the morning?  Are you mentally alert, raring to go, ready to leap… Read more
					  
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					 Here’s a terrible statistic you probably were not aware of: the leading cause of death amongst teenage girls… Read more
					  
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					 Many people will have found the events at Martin Place, Sydney, on Monday distressing or emotionally challenging. People… Read more
					  
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					 A new national not-for-profit project aims to find out whether Australians are feeling happy, sad, powerful, peaceful, anxious… Read more
					  
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					 A survey of 3,634 young people aged between 12 to 25 has revealed that 92% have drunk alcohol… Read more
					  
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					 Mental health screening of children at 4-5 years of age… Read more
					  
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					 In a study in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS) journal, a team of British… Read more
					  
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					 Today, odd socks will be pounding the pavement in support of stomping out mental health stigma and discrimination. …  Read more
					 
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					 If governments want their people to be happy, they should focus on mental health first and foremost according… Read more
					  
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					 Getting active and switching off the television could be the answer to reducing depression in children and adolescents,… Read more
					  
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					 The Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre has joined with Movember and beyondblue to declare it is ‘game… Read more
					  
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					 Psychologists have long known that chronic stress causes psychological ailments such as depression, anxiety and anger.… Read more
					  
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					 Australia now has its first free online and telephone mental health clinic, MindSpot.   It provides confidential assistance… Read more
					  
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					 An evidence-based screening self-test to help people identify that they might have a bipolar disorder as been developed… Read more
					  
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					 What would you think if you went along to a doctor and you were prescribed a self-help book… Read more
					  
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					 Her face has graced catwalks and magazines and now Miranda Kerr is the face of a kids… Read more
					  
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					 Depression is awful. Not only does it hurt you, but it can hurt the people closest to you… Read more
					  
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					 A new DVD is available for parents with depression or anxiety to help them talk with their children… Read more
					  
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					 A national project that builds the resilience of young children in preschools and long day care and reduces… Read more
					  
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					 As the festive season approaches the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is highlighting the benefits… Read more
					  
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					 The social and economic impact of the 914,000 Australians with eating disorders is estimated at $70 billion according… Read more
					  
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					 Very soon, Cesar Millan will have a new television show, a book, a tour, a documentary, and -… Read more
					  
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					 Until recently, neither health professionals nor the community believed that children could feel depressed. Now we know that… Read more
					  
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					 Mental Health Minister Kevin Humphries launched the $240,000 Statewide Outreach Perinatal Service for Mental Health at Westmead Hospital… Read more
					  
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					 The program, which starts on July 1, will be predominantly managed by GPs who will refer children with… Read more
					  
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