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More children with disability in school but still behind in jobs 28 August 2008 - Media Release JENNY MACKLIN MP -Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs BILL SHORTEN MP -Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services New research has shown that the number of children with disability attending school has more than tripled over the last 25 years but people with disability continue to have significantly higher levels of unemployment than people without disability...
Mental health services parlous: doctors 27 August 2008 - South Coast Register By Glenn Ellard - FRUSTRATED doctors have called for immediate action to address the parlous state of mental health services in the Shoalhaven...
What's Your Juror Taking? 26 August 2008 – National Law Journal (Law.com website) By Julie Kay - As the percentage of Americans taking various medications skyrockets, some jury consultants and lawyers have begun asking potential jurors what kinds of medications they are taking...
No spin can hide the mental health shame 25 August 2008 – South Coast Register THE mental health story on the South Coast never seems to get better...
NARSAD Introduces 'Healthy Minds Across America,' an International Event Recognizing the Toll of Mental Illness, on Sunday, Sept. 14 26 August 2008 – Media Release: NARSAD GREAT NECK, N.Y., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- People concerned about the toll that mental health disorders are taking on their families and communities will have a unique opportunity to hear from world-class experts on what is known to-date about the causes, symptoms and progression of such illnesses as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia and autism, and learn about current and potential treatments...
Hospitals blamed for series of deaths 26 August 2008 – Sydney Morning Herald Natasha Wallace Health Reporter - DAMNING internal reports into 85 deaths at western Sydney hospitals over two years has revealed that at least 49 of the patients did not receive adequate care...
Marcus Trescothick enters cricket confessional 26 August 2008 – Times Online (UK) Mike Atherton, Chief Cricket Correspondent - Marcus Trescothick's story is not a new one, but this week, after the grim detail that cricket had driven him to the edge of insanity was added to a canvas that previously had contained just broad brushstrokes, it is time to acknowledge that cricket is entering a more mature age...
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