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Help for a silent hero

15 October 2007

New Geelong mental health services that provide on-going, home support to people with mental illness and much-needed time-out for their carers, may just save a lot of lives. Corio’s Rene Costmeyer, a full-time carer to his mentally ill brother, tells Mandy Squires the new services will provide him with the break he needs to keep battling on.

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Mental health service home support boost

12 October 2007

A new mental health support service announced by local organisation Karingal this week will help bridge the widely-acknowledged gap between clinical care and on-going, home support for people with mental illness.

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