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Title: Australia: GLIBT mental health reforms
Post by: Natasha on October 08, 2008, 05:23:31 PM
Australia: GLIBT mental health reforms

http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/glibt-mental-health-reforms-4229.html (http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/glibt-mental-health-reforms-4229.html)
10/8/2008

According to the 2006 report Private Lives – A report on the health
and well being of GLBTI Australians, nearly three-quarters of those
who took part in the survey reported at least one sign of a major
depressive episode.  It was also found that 16 per cent of participants had experienced suicidal thoughts.