MHCA Bulletin No. 17, 2012

In this issue:

National Articles

1. Mental illness in men costs $3b, says report

2. Mental Health not a dirty term (VIC)

3. Teenagers left to care for sick and disabled family members with little or no support (QLD)

4. Prison health report released (SA)

5. Revealed: our tragic hidden toll (ACT)

6. Suicide toll demands unified and frank response (ACT)

7. PM eyes national bully law

International Articles

8. PTSD therapy reaches soldiers in the field (USA)

9. Campaign calls for open investigations into deaths of mental health patients (UK)

10. Changes to Mental Health Diagnosis Could Impact Caregivers (USA)

11. Families need help to cope with loved one’s illness (Canada)

12. Ending the stigma (Fiji)