Items Tagged With "Mental Health"

New mental health services for refugees (News)

The Australian Government is providing $5.4 million for new services and workers to give humanitarian entrants with a mental illness access to one-on-one support through the Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMs) program.

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The sexualisation and objectification of young women and girls

Blog post by Amanda Rishworth
posted: Thursday Feb 04, 2010, 9:00pm

 A recent report by the American Psychological Association has highlighted the reality that the increasing exposure of young girls to content which objectifies women and girls is having a serious effect on their physical and mental health, including an increase in low self esteem, body dissatisfaction, anxiety about appearance and depression.

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Health & wellbeing of ADF members a priority (News)

The health and wellbeing of Defence personnel is a top priority for the Rudd Government, and that is why it is putting considerable funding into new and improved Defence health initiatives.

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Greg Combet, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, said today that the Government was determined to support ADF members who have been wounded overseas.

"The health and wellbeing of Defence personnel is a top priority for the Rudd Government, and that is why we are putting considerable funding into new and improved Defence health initiatives" Mr Combet said.

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