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In this issue: 1. Website helps people with mental illness and their carers deal with insurance; 2. New prescription drugs monitoring model opens door to target alcohol harm; 3. Losing your religion has link with disorders; 4. The importance of patients’ perceptions in avoiding depression from chronic illnesses; 5. Clinical practice guideline for the management of Borderline Personality Disorder; 6. Spotlight on eating disorders; 7. “A disease like any other”? A decade of change in public reactions to schizophrenia, depression and alcohol dependence; 8. Suspect gene variants boost PTSD risk after mass shooting - Profile of risk emerging for trauma-triggered molecular scars; 9. Top ten research priorities relating to life after stroke; 10. Understanding mood disorders & resilience – Information session

In this issue: 1. Mental health policy ‘fails to show results’; 2. How do we measure change in mental health?; 3. Integrating tobacco cessation into mental health care for post-traumatic stress disorder; 4. Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association – free mental health training & event promotion; 5. 5 innovative ways mental health care is more accessible; 6. County unveils bold health plan for poor - public, private agencies collaborate on integrated care system, one of first of its kind; 7. Hope for those with a depressive disposition; 8. Assessment of a multi-assay, serum-based biological diagnostic test for major depressive disorder: a pilot and replication study; 9. Breaking the stigma of mental illness in the workplace; 10. Completing the unfinished revolution in mental health - The physical health of patients with mental illnesses

In this issue: 1. Mood boosting reading matter; 2. 2012, the year of mental health - Canada; 3. Depression is not only limited to older people; 4. Sydney doctors combat weight gain from anti-psychosis drugs; 5. Inclusion board calls for job mentors; 6. Fewer than one in ten people with schizophrenia show sustained improvement over 3 years; 7. Federal government announces mental health reform; 8. A New Ten Year Plan for Mental Health; 9. Mental health plan ‘too vague’ to be of use; 10. Report highlights level of stigma from health professionals

In this Issue: Starting at the MHCA – Frank Quinlan; MHCA CEO Grace Groom Memorial Oration 2011; Launch of Mental Health, Discrimination and Insurance: A Survey of Consumer Experiences 2011; Senate Inquiry into Mental Health; Trying to Change Attitudes Towards Mental Illness – That’s Mental; National Disability Insurance Scheme – the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Disability Care and Support; Challenge for Policy on Mental Illness; NMHCCF 2011 Workshop