Health

Episode V

 

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Organ doners

Australia has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed world. Some say it's because we have an opt-in system, which means if you want to donate, you can, but your family can overrule you after you die.

Callum Moore reports.

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Interview with Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, CEO of Headspace Chris Tanti and Labor Candidate for Melbourne Cath Bowtell

Below The Line interviews Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, with CEO of Headspace Chris Tanti and Labor Candidate for Melbourne Cath Bowtell.
 
Roxon announced the location of 10 new Headspace centres across Australia and discussed youth mental health with SYN reporter Emma Buckley Lennox. 

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Sick and stranded

After using drugs as a troubled 18-year-old, Nick Meinhold from the Yarra Valley found himself in a psychiatric hospital with psychosis - an illness he struggled with for 12 years.

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Hospitals reform?

Been hearing a lot about hospitals reform?

The government is set to revamp the way Australian hospitals are run and funded, but what's wrong with the hospital system at the moment, and what do the changes actually involve?

Nick Toscano reports.

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One way up: Antidepressants on the rise

Antidepressant prescriptions have risen over 40 per cent in the last six years with a record six million dosages handed out last year alone. Do antidepressants solve depression?

Reporters Beau Donelly and Hayley Crane.

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