2007 news archive

• The momentum of mental health reform must not be lost, Professor Ian Hickie, The Australian, November 17, 2007. (pdf)
• Is depression overdiagnosed? (pdf)
• New Headspace facility in Campbeltown Campbeltown MacArthur Advertiser, Wed Oct 3, 2007 (jpg)
• Mental health 'blowout', Adam Cresswell, The Australian, July 21, 2007. (pdf)
• GPs overlook psychology referral guidelines, Adam Cresswell, The Australian, July 21, 2007. (pdf)
• Breaking the cycle, Adam Cresswell, The Australian, May 26, 2007. (pdf)
• Car workers 'under huge stress', The Australian, September 11, 2007. (pdf)
• Boys don't cry, Kellie Bisset, The Australian, June 9, 2007. (pdf)
• Successful mental health reform awaits structural change, Professor Ian Hickie, The Australian, June 23, 2007 (pdf)
• 'A time bomb ticking' - Our young people are collectively concealing a litany of life-threatening habits, Louise Hall, The Sun-Herald, November 4, 2007. (pdf)
• Headspace: the national youth mental health initiative opens in Macarthur (pdf)
• "Professor Ian Hickie has won a 2007 Australia Fellowship valued at $4 million over five years for his population-based research and development of mental health strategies. The money will go towards health services research and clinical research work, in particular focusing on the role of drug use during critical developmental periods such as adolescent and early teenage years."
• $16 million funded by the NSW State Government for the development of a new Youth Mental Health Building
• Opening of levels 4 & 5 of the new Clinical & Translational Research facility by the Vice Chancellor on 30th August 2007
• Federal Government funded $6 million for the development of the Ken Parker Brain Research Laboratories