I AM writing on behalf of One Door Mental Health, a member of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, to highlight a new awareness campaign designed to inform readers on schizophrenia.
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Our campaign is all about breaking down barriers for people with severe mental illness.
People with schizophrenia struggle to get the services they need, experience ongoing stigma and discrimination, and are among the most economically and socially marginalised people in Australia.
It’s a national tragedy that the average life expectancy of someone with schizophrenia is just 54-years old.
We estimate that less than 50 per cent of people who have schizophrenia are getting clinical or recovery assistance.
This is precisely why we ask readers to reach out.
If you or someone you know has schizophrenia, we are here to help.
The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia has a free service to help readers everywhere.
All people need to do is ring 1800 985 944 or visit minetworks.org.au.
It is time we busted the myths that surround schizophrenia.
The myths include the idea that people with schizophrenia never recover, that people with schizophrenia have multiple personalities, or that they are dangerous.
Join us in building a mentally healthy Australia – one where all Australians get a fair go.
One Door Mental Health CEO Rob Ramjan
Come on Orange, it’s time to clean up our act
Daily walkers like myself, must often notice the amount of rubbish left on footpaths and in gutters, in many parts of Orange.
Some days I would hazard a guess, that a small truck-load of rubbish could easily be collected from all the streets in Orange.
Surely most residents can pick up rubbish that has been dropped or blown, at the front of their home and then put it in their wheelie bin.
Visitors to Orange usually notice some of the small, negative sights including abandoned shopping trolleys, vandalism and rubbish left around our city.
I would hope that all visitors could leave with very positive memories of our city.
Keith Curry
Testing for university level English should be given to politicians first
Prior to the university level English test for citizenship being instigated, the politicians should have to sit for it first.
Eulyce Arkleysmith
What would a Catholic backlash against the Turnbull government look like?
I would be surprised if the 'so called Catholic backlash' against the Turnbull government amounted to anything.
Most students at Catholic schools never attend mass anyway and most parents of students aren't practicing catholics either.
In fact over half of students in Catholic schools aren't catholic.
Furthermore there is considerable backlash in the Catholic faith (those who actually do go to mass) against the lies and blatant political spin being put forward by catholic education representatives.
Who, by the way never attend mass either.
I agree that this catholic dispute has a way to go yet.
I would suggest that a few if not many catholic education CEOs and spokespeople may be finding themselves out of a job in the very near future.
