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Children’s Book: Have you Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids
Have You Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud (Illustrated by David Messing) This is a beautifully written and illustrated book that encourages the expression of positive behavior in children. The story highlights how rewarding it can be for a child to complete small, meaningful acts that make other people feel good, and by doing so, experience happiness and contentment themselves. Highly recommended.
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National Psychology Week: 13-19 November 2011
National Psychology Week is an initiative of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) that aims to increase public awareness about psychology, psychological issues and the role psychologists play in community wellbeing. As part of National Psychology Week, the APS has released results of the Stress and Wellbeing in Australia Survey which examined psychological health in the community. According to this research, 12 percent of Australians are reporting severe levels of stress, 10 percent are reporting severe ...
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Postnatal Depression Week: 13-19 November, 2011
According to research reported by beyondblue, 1 in 7 new mothers experiences postnatal depression and 1 in 10 women experiences high levels of emotional distress during pregnancy. This week is Postnatal Depression Week, which aims to encourage women to speak up about difficulties they have experienced with depression and anxiety during pregnancy, or in the year following their baby's birth. It is hoped that by reducing the stigma associated with postnatal depression more women will ...
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Increase to Medicare (Better Access) Rebate
As of the 1st November 2011 the rebate available through the Better Access to Mental Health Program through Medicare (Mental Health Plan) has increased. Now if you have a Mental Health Plan from your doctor you will receive $122.15 back from Medicare when seeing an accredited Clinical Psychologist. All psychologists at Milestones Psychology are Clinical Psychologists, and therefore eligible for this higher rebate. Also, a reminder that from the 1st November 2011 the government has cut the ...
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Changes to number of psychology sessions allowed through Better Access – Medicare
As discussed in an earlier post, in the May 2011 budget the Federal Government proposed a cut to the number of sessions allowed through the Better Access initiative (Medicare Mental Health Plan). The proposed change was from up to 18 claimable sessions per year to only 10, with no room for exceptional circumstances. The Australian Psychological Society along with many other significant health organisations have campained against these cuts, including presenting at a Senate enquiry ...
