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One in five is a ratio that gets bandied around a lot when we talk about mental illness. It refers to a fifth of our population who experience it within a 12-month period.
When you stack that up it means almost half us between 16 and 85 encounter some kind of a mental disorder within our lifetime.
With those kinds of numbers it is impossible not to be touched by it in some way. It may not be obvious. It may be as subtle as the depressed friend who took stress leave from work or that drunk relative hiding something deeper.
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The case of magistrate Jennifer Betts, who explained to the NSW Parliament Wednesday how a mental illness was central to the behaviour that has put her job on the line, is a cautionary tale for workplaces everywhere.
Mental health issues are as prevalent in the workplace as their complexities are poorly understood by senior management.
Ms Betts, 55, has asked MPs not to discriminate against her because of a depressive illness. Only parliament can dismiss an appointed magistrate.
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Trent W. Jackson says:
The future looks like this, if we are to consider this protocol. Yes your Worship, it is true that my client committed first-degree murder, but a number of doctors on my PAYROLL have all diagnosed my client with schizophrenia through opinion-based analysis, and they feel that there will not be… Read more »
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Trent W. Jackson says:
Moreover – one needs to try putting themselves in another person’s shoes for a moment. Most people’s attitudes are usually the end result of much reason. It is perfectly normal for a person to express anger and other emotions in most walks of life. Defensive mechanisms, which switch ON are… Read more »
Channel Nine’s decision yesterday to cave in to the bullying of the Victorian Government and Beyond Blue is deeply depressing. No doubt the network could see it was in a lose-lose situation.
Even if it were to win in the courts and have the injunction lifted which prevented it from broadcasting a 60 Minutes piece on the suicides of four teenagers in Geelong, it would be forever hostage to the accusation it had blood on its hands if any others from the school were to take the final solution.
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Benji says:
After the revelations on Media Watch on Monday night regarding 60 minutes harrassment of the parents who didn’t take part in an attempt to bully them into it, not to mention the fact that pictures of the deceased children were used in promos without the parent’s approval, I personally think… Read more »
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Dan says:
“When do-gooders and governments start asking courts to ban programmes they haven’t seen because they discuss matters they would prefer left alone we are entering dangerous waters” except beyond Blue HAVE seen it. We don’t have unlimited freedom of speech, and if there’s a reasonable possibility that running a story… Read more »
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