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Category: Mental Health

BetStop self-exclusion scheme will reduce gambling harm – Long overdue but will protect people from a predatory industry

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The Alliance for Gambling Reform has welcomed the national self-exclusion register, BetStop, as a long-overdue gambling harm reduction initiative. “For far too long Australia has had an ineffective, patchwork of self-exclusion programs that have been poorly enforced. It has allowed the predatory gambling industry to continue to offer unethical inducements to people who have said … Continued

Supporting Victorians through Independent Mental Health Advocacy

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All people receiving compulsory mental health treatment in Victoria will get access to non-legal advocacy support – if they want it – to help them understand their rights and have as much say as possible about their assessment, treatment and recovery. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) has been named Victoria’s first-ever primary provider of non-legal … Continued

Gambling reforms a winner, say mental health advocates

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Leading mental health advocacy organisation, Lived Experience Australia (LEA), has today welcomed the work of the parliamentary committee shining a spotlight on the significant harms from gambling related to sporting events. Committee Chair, Labor MP Peta Murphy, has called for the federal government to phase in a ban on all gambling advertising during sporting events … Continued

Political leaders must support blanket ban on gambling advertising – ‘Watershed’ committee recommendations must get bipartisan backing

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The Federal Government and the Opposition must commit to give bipartisan support to the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling that has called for a blanket ban to sports gambling implemented over three years.   The Chief Advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, Rev. Tim Costello, said he also welcomed the call … Continued

Monash experts: TGA approval of psychedelic medicines for certain patients will take effect on 1 July 2023 – is Australia ready?

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From 1 July  2023, the TGA has approved the use of medicines containing MDMA and psilocybin to be prescribed by authorised psychiatrists for people with certain mental health conditions. Under the changes, MDMA can be prescribed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, and psilocybin can be prescribed to treat depression that is resistant to other treatments.  … Continued

Triple M to turn off all mics THIS MONDAY

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THIS MONDAY – JULY 3 – the mics go off at Triple M    THIS Monday July 3, Triple M microphones across the country will stay silent for Triple M’s fifth annual No Talk Day – there’ll be no Breakfast show banter, no announcers, no news or traffic reports and no ads…   Over 12 … Continued

Rabo Client Council hosts mental wellbeing workshop in Biggenden

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Communities in the North Burnett will soon have the chance to access a mental wellbeing service tailored to the needs of country-based people, at a Rabobank hosted-workshop in Biggenden.   The practical ‘Are you bogged mate?’ Workshop – providing rural and remote communities with an opportunity to discuss mental health awareness in the bush – … Continued

Monash experts: TGA approval of psychedelic medicines for certain patients will take effect on 1 July 2023 – is Australia ready?

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From 1 July  2023, the TGA has approved the use of medicines containing MDMA and psilocybin to be prescribed by authorised psychiatrists for people with certain mental health conditions. Under the changes, MDMA can be prescribed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, and psilocybin can be prescribed to treat depression that is resistant to other treatments.  … Continued

Famed musicologist and mental health advocate Stephen Johnson leads international contingent headed to Townsville next month – Australian Festival of Chamber Music

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Famed musicologist and mental health advocate Stephen Johnson leads a standout British contingent for the 2023 Australian Festival of Chamber Music   INCLUDING both Co-Artistic Directors of the London Piano Festival!   This year 39 world-class musicians and artists will fly into the North Queensland capital for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) from … Continued