mental health
DDS identifying customers’ ‘lifestyle age’
In an effort to help combat potential chronic illnesses, Discount Drug Stores across the country are offering health assessments with an in-store pharmacist to assess early asymptomatic signs and identify …
New online intervention helps insomniacs get some SHUTi
Black Dog Institute researchers, in partnership with the Australian National University, University of Sydney, and the University of Virginia, have trialled SHUTi, an online CBT-based insomnia intervention to see if …
Lifeline: record number of calls last year
Lifeline Australia received more than 1m calls for help last year, a record in its 52 year history. The organisation received more than 70,000 calls a month since September last …
Mental health resource for pharmacists
Eastern Melbourne PHN and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victoria, today launched a mental health resource for pharmacists as part of the Pharmacy Integration Project Report. This Project was jointly developed by the …
What I’d like to see pharmacists do in 2016
Pharmacists will need to keep on top of their own health as well as the health of their business in 2016, writes Samantha Kourtis The last two years have been …
Pharmacists’ Support Service there for pharmacy over Christmas
The Pharmacists’ Support Service is reminding Australian pharmacists that it is available throughout the holiday period for pharmacists who need to talk about pressures facing them. “Not everyone enjoys the …
SANE hosts online Christmas dinner for lonely
While the forthcoming festive season is joyful for many, it can also be a sad and lonely time for the one in five Australians experiencing mental illness, says SANE Australia. …
Chronic physical and mental ill health link needs attention
The Australian Health Policy Collaboration at Victoria University has urged the Federal Government to address the strong link between chronic physical and mental ill health. Its latest paper Beyond the …
Christmas a vulnerable time for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
A leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention body has warned that Christmas is a susceptible time for both young and old in the community who may struggle with …
Clinical tips: mental health and Christmas explained
Christmas isn’t a happy time for everybody, write Dr Esther Lau and Professor Lisa Nissen, but pharmacists can help Christmas is usually a time for celebration, being with family and …
Strengthening mental care to feature at Therapeutic Update Conference
Advancing therapeutic knowledge and medication management will be the focus of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s 2016 NSW Annual Therapeutic Update Conference being held at Terrigal from March 4-6, 2016. …
New atypical antipsychotic for schizophrenia has ‘negligible’ weight effect
A new atypical antipsychotic medication that provides a sustained improvement of the symptoms of schizophrenia with negligible effect on patients’ metabolic parameters has been welcomed by Australian experts.