The organisation has recently been working to raise
awareness of the mental health effects of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with their Invisible Discriminator campaign, but has made no public comment about the allegations of abuse on the NT juvenile justice system or the need for a Royal Commission.
Since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been increased
awareness of the
effect of military deployment on the
mental health of the men and women who serve in uniform.
There are a number
of factors which make managing A1C particularly difficult for teens including: Social pressures and responsibilities, motivation, personality, nutrition, substance use, sleep habits, brain re-structuring, defence mechanisms (such as denial and avoidance), social justice issues (oppresion — racism), diabetes education, individuation, future - oriented culture, access to
health services, family structure and dynamic issues, marital conflict between parents, family and friendship conflict with teen,
mental health stigma, academic pressure and responsibility, limited mindfulness and somatic
awareness, spirituality (especially concerning death), an under - developed ability to conceptualize long - term cause and
effect (this is developmentally normal for teens), co-parenting discrepencies, emotional inteligence, individuation, hormonal changes, the tendency for co-morbidity (people with diabetes can be more prone to additional physical and
mental health diagnosis), and many other life / environmental stressors (poverty, grief etc.).