Australia’s mental health and aged care systems will receive record funding in the federal budget, with billions to be spent on the ailing sectors. Experts have warned the packages may only begin to gain ground back after years of funding shortfalls. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will hand down his third budget on 11 May, with significant…
Aged Care and Mental Health Priorities for Federal Government in Budget
May 10, 2021
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Mental Health Focus of Month-Long Awareness Campaign
May 9, 2021
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—In response to the growing demand for mental health services, Hoag Hospital has launched a young adults mental health program. Developed by neurobehavioral health experts at Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, the accredited outpatient program is meant to address the impact of pandemic shutdowns on mental health of young adults aged 18-26. The eight-week…
UK Man Sheds 100lb in Less Than a Year After Putting on Pounds in Wake of Best Friend’s Death
A UK man has shared his inspiring journey of losing 100lbs (45 kg) in less than a year after struggling with a devastating blow. Luke Ash, from Blaengarw, Wales, fell into depression after his longtime best friend had died. Luke received the disturbing news in the morning of Aug. 3, 2019. His best friend since…
Blighted San Francisco Diagnoses Its ‘Perilous Trifecta’—and Bungles the Cure
April 30, 2021
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San Francisco is coming undone. In recent years, the city has manifested a series of visible and persistent inequalities, with a spoils-to-the-victor world for its technological elite, and a chaotic, brutalized world for its dispossessed. In the city’s Tenderloin district, men openly hawk drugs on the street corners, desperate addicts are crumpled across the sidewalks,…
Airports Step Up Mental Health Assistance as Passenger Anxiety Soars
ATLANTA—Robin Hancock gently played her steel tongue drum with a pair of mallets, producing a set of soothing, mystical tones. They blended with the soft sound of chirping birds and bubbling creeks pouring from a Bluetooth speaker. Her warm voice invited the two visitors in the dimly lit room to slip into a nature setting…
Why California Needs to Revolutionize Its Mental Health System | Richard Afable
California’s National Alliance on Mental Health reported one in five adults experience a mental illness each year. My guest today is Richard Afable. He is a medical doctor and president of Be Well OC. Today he discusses the need for effective prevention and intervention in treating mental illnesses and why a handful of visionaries in…
‘It Was a Really Tough Time’: Pandemic Takes a Toll on International Students’ Mental Health
It has been more than one year since the last time Hailey Do, a third-year student from the University of Technology Sydney, left her hometown. Feeling trapped in her 80-square meter flat in the bustling suburb of Strathfield, Sydney, she longs for her peaceful homeland, Da Lat, a small city nestling among the wooded hills…
Loneliness Is Killing You (Yes, Even You!)
Commentary Loneliness is poison. It is deadly. Loneliness is literally killing us. And if you just rolled your eyes, I’m especially talking to you. Over the past couple of decades, researchers have repeatedly found a direct link between loneliness and a host of physical and psychological problems, like heart disease and mental illness. Loneliness slowly dissolves us…
Children Worst Affected in Mental Health Crisis During Pandemic: UK Analysis
Children and young people are bearing the brunt of the mental health crisis caused by the CCP virus pandemic, and mental health services are at risk of being overrun, a professional psychiatric body warned on Friday. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said its analysis showed that almost 400,000 children and 2.2 million adults sought help for…
Photo Shows Kind Police Officer Sitting on Floor With Man in Mental Health Crisis in Gas Station
Two Maryland police officers are being praised for their kindness after responding to a call from a gas station. A man believed to be having a mental health crisis was met with compassion as the officers took time to calm him down and de-escalate the situation. “Not everyday situation you have to arrest somebody, right?”…
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