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Budget funding for Beyond Blue and Headspace is welcome. But it may not help those who need it most

  • Written by Louise Stone, General practitioner; Clinical Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
Budget funding for Beyond Blue and Headspace is welcome. But it may not help those who need it mostShutterstock

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in more anxiety and depression, raised rates of bipolar disorder and other psychoses, and left many Australians stricken with grief. And we will, devastatingly, lose more Australians to suicide.

Meanwhile, many people are facing job losses, financial hardship, isolation and some are suffering long-term...

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