Tag Archives: mental illness

Reads of the week

November 13, 2009 – 11:48 am

I know, I know – we’re all too busy, no time to read etc – but here are a few articles from recent times that are worth the effort, if you haven’t spotted them already. They cover everything from the health impacts of inequality to mental health, alcohol policy, and the ties that bind pharma [...]

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A poet, schizophrenia and a compelling tale

November 11, 2009 – 9:58 am

Sandy Jeffs is an award winning poet who has recently released a memoir, Flying with Paper Wings, which, amongst other things, tells her story of living with schizophrenia.
Here she shares with Croakey readers some of the background to the book and her writing of it:

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Why increasing tobacco taxes is good for the poor

June 2, 2009 – 8:50 pm

Simon Chapman, professor of public health at the University of Sydney, has provided a robust critique of Jennifer Doggett’s recent critique of increased tobacco taxes:
Erstwhile Croakey correspondent Jennifer Doggett has written a piece for ABC-Online challenging the wisdom of  increasing tobacco tax, arguing that it would be regressive and harm the poor (it will “mean [...]

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