The Brave Discussion

Guest Post by author and former barrister Pamela Burton.  Improvement of Australia’s woefully inadequate mental health services requires Brave Discussion about complex issues of health justice and ethical issues about when and on what grounds someone suffering from a serious mental illness should be confined for treatment against their will. These issues are raised by [...]

By Guest Blogger – Toni Salter.  As we remember our soldiers at home and serving abroad on Remembrance Day 2011, I’m reminded of the peculiar habits of some of my close friends. These habits are similar to those displayed by my late grandfather, and these traits are not the only bond these people have in [...]

The story is the statistic: 1 in 3 of us have mental health challenges to overcome at some stage of our lives. I had been thinking over the weekend how best to introduce this post as I really wanted to express how important it is to reach out to others in our daily lives but [...]