Child and Youth Mental Health
New beds will be progressively rolled out from 2020-21, including 10 new intensive care unit beds and a dedicated 16-bed adolescent unit.
May
2019
30
Mental Health
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May
2019
30
Child and Youth Mental Health
60,000 Tasmanians live in mental health distress every year. They suffer financial distress and social and financial impacts on their families and communities.
May
2019
29
Mental Health in Schools
The evidence before us is of incredibly high rates of anxiety, depression, stress, of suicide achieved and suicidal ideation.
May
2019
23
Climate Change Emergency – Health Effects
We have just 11 years to dramatically change course and avoid global heating that would bring catastrophic changes to all life.
Apr
2019
9
Workers Rehabilitation And Compensation Amendment (Presumption As To Cause Of Disease) Bill 2019
This is a great step for Tasmania and for all people who are going through the process of healing or learning to live with post-traumatic stress.
Apr
2019
9
Births, Deaths and Marriages Act – Legislative Reform
There are alarmingly high suicide and self-harm rates amongst transgender adolescents as a result of the stigma and discrimination they face.
Apr
2019
5
Gender Reform Laws Must be Debated Next Week
Tasmania’s Upper House has passed nation-leading legislation that will end entrenched bureaucratic discrimination against transgender people.
Dec
2018
5
Tasmania’s Distressing AIHW Mental Health Report Card
Tasmanians are buying an average of 9.3 prescriptions every year to help with their mental ill health.
Nov
2018
21
Mental Health Amendment Bill 2018
It sounds like it is a change that is important and needed, supported by the Mental Health Council, mental health consumers and others.
Oct
2018
16
Ministerial Statement – Rebuilding the Health System
I cannot help bringing to my gaze to one of the big silences in this document, which contains some very welcome announcements and I will go to those.