Health services focus on mental health

Mental health is being put in the spotlight this week, yesterday the Deputy Premier Steve Kons launched mental Health week, saying that where once mental illness was associated with stigma, secrecy and shame, mental health is now clearly regarded as everybody's business.Tasmania has the unfortunate honour of having Australia's second highest rate of suicide per head of population, and apparently it's the rural, and isolated nature of the state that's a significant contributor.Mental health is being put in the spotlight this week, yesterday the Deputy Premier Steve Kons launched mental Health week, saying that where once mental illness was associated with stigma, secrecy and shame, mental health is now clearly regarded as everybody's business.Tasmania has the unfortunate honour of having Australia's second highest rate of suicide per head of population, and apparently it's the rural, and isolated nature of the state that's a significant contributor.