MHCA Bulletin No. 23, 2012

In this issue:

National Articles

1. You are not alone (National)

2. Carer Appraisal Scale - A Carer-Based Assessment of Patient Functioning (National)

3. Critics label ABS suicide stats ‘spin’ (ACT)

4. Mental health help goes online

5. Heavy drinking a way of bush life (National)

International Articles

6. Healthy Aging: Exercising the Body Benefits the Mind, Too (Canada)

7. Medical Problems Lead People to Seek Mental Health Care (US)

8. Mental illness imposes high costs on the Canadian economy (Canada)

9. National strategy for carers sets out goals for support (Ireland)

10. Transgender advocates push US psychiatric establishment to revise mental illness labels (US)