Tamara McDonald
Deputy National Health Editor at News Corp Australia
Deputy national health editor at News Corp Australia's metro and regional titles 🗞 Western Bulldogs tragic 🐶 Views mine. [email protected]
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6 days ago |
dailytelegraph.com.au | Tamara McDonald
Don't miss out on the headlines from Mental Health. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Albury 18-year-old,who is studying veterinary technology part-time at university and working in hospitality, began encountering symptoms of anxiety and depression when she was 11.
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1 week ago |
nypost.com | Tamara McDonald
Influencer Sam Guggenheimer, who boasts hundreds of thousands of online followers, is urging people to protect their well-being by not comparing their lives to the “highlight reels” we see on social media. The 23-year-old has opened up about the mental health struggles she has experienced since her early teens as part of New Corp Australia’s Can We Talk? campaign, in partnership with Medibank.
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1 week ago |
dailytelegraph.com.au | Tamara McDonald
Don't miss out on the headlines from Mental Health. Followed categories will be added to My News. “I had a lot of anxiety to go to school,” the AFL star recalls. “Mum was always wondering what was wrong with me, but it was actually nothing. “I’d literally sit at home all day and eat.”The Western Bulldogs tall, who grew up in Perth, left school at 14 after verbal and physical harassment left him feeling“very depressed”. “It was just really hard on me,” he said.
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2 months ago |
cairnspost.com.au | Tamara McDonald
Medibank will pump an extra $50m into mental health over the next five years, with the funding to support a raft of initiatives including an innovative trial involving psychedelics. Chief executive David Koczkar has declared the current mental health system is “not fit for purpose” and called on the government to invest in prevention. He said the system was actually creating bigger societal issues for future generations by not having effective preventive strategies in place.
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2 months ago |
cairnspost.com.au | Tamara McDonald
A record number of pleas for mental health support have been made by struggling Aussies, as more than a third of Australians suffer burnout and stress. New figures obtained by New Corp Australia reveal that Australia’s largest suicide prevention service provider Lifeline has just had its busiest 12 months on record, with more than 1.1 million calls and almost 295,000 texts and chats for help. Leading mental health expert Professor Patrick McGorry said Australia was facing a mental health crisis.
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