News & Updates
Mental Health Is the Number One Reason Australians Are Visiting Their GP
Originally Vice.com Posted by Gavin Butler In 2018, more Australians have gone to the doctor for mental health than anything else. A report released this week by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) revealed that, from a survey of 1,500...
How many people have eating disorders? We don’t really know, and that’s a worry
Originally Posted - The conversation Laura Hart Last week, federal health minister Greg Hunt announced that more than 60,000 Australians will be asked about their mental health and well-being as part of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Study. The mental...
Depression rates among young women have almost doubled since 2009
Originally reported New Daily Euan Black One in five young women in Australia is suffering from diagnosed depression or anxiety, according to new data from the University of Melbourne. The university’s latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in...
Willing and Disabled
2019 Open Documentary - Focus on Ability Short Film Festival. Full details at www.focusonability.com.au This is an honest brave overview of how one feels and can deal with depression. https://youtu.be/TjREnJPdRao
Too sick for a GP, but not ‘sick enough for hospital’
Originally Posted ABC New - Zalika Rizmal Georgia Harraway-Jones spent months "in limbo" as one of about 300,000 Victorians falling through the gaps in the mental health system. The 20-year-old was diagnosed with an eating disorder, depression and anxiety in July...
INVITATION TO ALL AUSTRALIAN PSYCHIATRISTS, REGISTRARS AND TRAINEES
Dear Colleagues Since our inception in 1996, The National Association of Practicing Psychiatrists (NAPP) has worked tirelessly to safeguard conditions for doctors and patients, from potential negative changes to mental health care. NAPP works to ensure...
Medicare-funded mental healthcare needs major re-think, health experts say
Originally Posted ABC News - Olivia Wills Health experts say a cornerstone of Australia's mental health system, which costs more than $800 million a year, is "inequitable", under-scrutinised and in need of urgent reform. The Better Access scheme, which was introduced...
Medical Student Suicide Death
Dear NAPP members, Please find below a link to an article on the suicide death of Dr Chloe Abbott. NAPP has been a public critic of the current mandatory reporting rules, which discourage medical students and other doctors from seeking help....
NAPP Submission to the Victorian Mental Health Royal Commission
The National Association of Practising Psychiatrists is committed to the provision of quality health services and programs for patients with mental illness. Sadly, even in an advanced economy such as Australia, the needs of the mentally ill are often marginalised, or...
Thank You for your support in 2018
On behalf of the NAPP team we want to thank you for your support in 2018 and we look forward to an exciting 2019. Wishing all a Merry Xmas and a prosperous 2019
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