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Etbow23

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I've noticed there are a lot of people from Australia and other parts of the world on this forum. I was just curious where everyone is located.

I'm in the eastern United States outside of Washington DC in Maryland.
 
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MikeyC

MikeyC

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Yeah, I'm from Australia. City of Shellharbour in NSW, as it says in my avatar. Not a bad place to live, I guess. Beautiful beaches, plenty of malls (although I'm not a fan), great natural scenery, not far from Sydney but far enough to not have that smelly city atmosphere. Could be worse. :)
 
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MikeyC said:
Yeah, I'm from Australia. City of Shellharbour in NSW, as it says in my avatar. Not a bad place to live, I guess. Beautiful beaches, plenty of malls (although I'm not a fan), great natural scenery, not far from Sydney but far enough to not have that smelly city atmosphere. Could be worse. :)
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One thing that I notice is that Australia seems to be pretty open minded and advance as far as mental health. I know that many research and good help is available for you guys.....no? Is mental health less taboo up there?
 
MikeyC

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MR.Wonderful said:
One thing that I notice is that Australia seems to be pretty open minded and advance as far as mental health. I know that many research and good help is available for you guys.....no? Is mental health less taboo up there?
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Um, I'm actually not sure. Mental health is certainly recognised as something to be aware of, and you can get Medicare rebates if you go to a doctor about it (which is what I did). If you qualify for a mental health plan you can get psychology visits for free. When I looked up places to go for therapy, there were certainly a lot. That means that mental health is important, or there's a lot of people in need!
 
BlueDays

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MikeyC said:
Um, I'm actually not sure. Mental health is certainly recognised as something to be aware of, and you can get Medicare rebates if you go to a doctor about it (which is what I did). If you qualify for a mental health plan you can get psychology visits for free. When I looked up places to go for therapy, there were certainly a lot. That means that mental health is important, or there's a lot of people in need!
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You used to be able to get 12 free visits to a Psychologist per calender year under the Mental Health Plan, but because of the Government cut backs as of 2011 you can only get 10 now :/
 
MikeyC

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BlueDays said:
You used to be able to get 12 free visits to a Psychologist per calender year under the Mental Health Plan, but because of the Government cut backs as of 2011 you can only get 10 now :/
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Ah, I didn't know that. I'm not getting them free, but I'm getting them discounted. My mate gets all of his free, so I guess he's a more extreme case.

WeirdyMcGee said:
Ontario, Canada.
Have never been anywhere else.
hah
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Ontario must be just sooooo good, eh? ;)
 
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