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BlueHub – First of its kind support for Victoria Police
BlueHub, a specialised mental health referral, assessment and treatment services, is being developed in a collaboration between The Police Association Victoria (TPAV) and Phoenix Australia, supported by a $2.5 million Department of Health grant.
When disaster strikes, emergency services workers should remember to look after themselves too
When disaster strikes, firefighters, paramedics, police, and other emergency services personnel, including the volunteer responders, are equally exposed to its damaging mental health effects...
Strengthening the thin blue line
In November last year, a landmark survey that painted an in-depth picture of mental health in police and emergency services was launched by Beyond Blue. The survey Answering the call…
Delivering leading treatments for PTSD in emergency services
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health problems among police, paramedics and other emergency services personnel are much higher than the general population[1]. One of the most successful…
Paramedics need more support to deal with daily trauma
This article from The Conversation was written by Associate Professor Andrea Phelps, Deputy Director, Phoenix Australia,
