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2013 media releases from the Minister for Mental Health

2013/12 - December
- Another step forward in reforming mental health services [16 December 2013]
2013/11 - November
- Mates Tackling Suicide [28 November 2013]
- Mums and Kids Matter [20 November 2013]
- Helping young mothers at risk of mental illness [18 November 2013]
- Starting a conversation that could save a life [14 November 2013]
2013/10 - October
- Helping small communities overcome suicide [25 October 2013]
- New nutrition standards to improve physical health of people with mental illness [15 October 2013]
- World Mental Health Day 2013 [10 October 2013]
- Mental Health Month 2013 Launched [1 October 2013]
2013/09 - September
- Ensuring the rights and dignity of young people with psychosis [16 September 2013]
- Western NSW Strategic Health Services Plan Launched [13 September 2013]
- Time to start a conversation that could save a life [12 September 2013]
- Time to stop the stigma around suicide [10 September 2013]
2013/08 - August
- Innovative New Service Set To Reform Mental Health Delivery In NSW [2 August 2013]
2013/07 - July
- Aboriginal Knockout participants lose a tonne of weight [23 July 2013]
2013/06 - June
- New era of mental health care at Hornsby [25 June 2013]
- Breaking the cycle of homelessness and hospitalisation in NSW [24 June 2013]
- Bondi clinician leading global push to extend life expectancy of people with a mental illness [21 June 2013]
- $1.45 billion commitment to help more people with mental illness [18 June 2013]
- Highlighting the dangers of synthetic drugs during Drug Action Week [17 June 2013]
- New milestone reached on Maitland Mental Health Unit [13 June 2013]
- What's Your State of Mind [5 June 2013]
2013/05 - May
- New era of mental health care in south-western Sydney [30 May 2013]
- NSW Continues Important Mental Health Reform [30 May 2013]
- NSW to head push to extend life expectancy of people with a mental illness [24 May 2013]
- Nation's mental health ministers to address lower life expectancy of people with a mental illness [23 May 2013]
- Council of mental health champions formed [15 May 2013]
- Time to seek a greater understanding of schizophrenia [13 May 2013]
- Bathurst mental health facility to provide more help for local youth [8 May 2013]
2013/04 - April
- Helping more people in the Illawarra overcome drug and alcohol addiction [29 April 2013]
- Communities Given More Power To Tackle Drug And Alcohol Abuse [23 April 2013]
- NRL Stars Join Know When To Say When Campaign [22 April 2013]
- Major Step Forward for Shoalhaven Mental Health Unit [17 April 2013]
- Aboriginal Communities and NSWRL Join Forces on Innovative Weight Loss Challenge [11 April 2013]
2013/03 - March
- Strengthening our Aboriginal mental health workforce [20 March 2013]
- Helping more people on the north coast overcome drug and alcohol addiction [15 March 2013]
- Community Champions Appointed to Mental Health Commission [11 March 2013]
- Major Step Forward for Mental Health Services in Wagga Wagga [11 March 2013]
- Tick of Approval for Outgoing Heart Foundation CEO [11 March 2013]
2013/02 - February
- Improving Access and Accountability in Mental Health Services [28 February 2013]
- Ground-breaking Mental Health Service Opens in Broken Hill [13 February 2013]
2013/01 - January
- South East residents to benefit from upgraded mental health services [18 January 2013]
- Increased Support for Aboriginal People To 'Get Healthy' [4 January 2013]