How to find the right mental health information to suit your needs
In addition to providing students a health and mental health service, our role here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services is to direct you to […]
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Shining light on gender-based violence
Today’s post is by Zoe Walter. Zoe is a counsellor here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services and is also the Sexual Violence Project Officer. […]
7 Days of Psychology relaunches for 2018
One of the joys of being in control of a blog is the opportunities it opens up for shameless self-promotion. That is what I am […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #5 - Sign up to the blog
I admit, this one is totally self-serving. Challenge #5 from this week of Keep Your Cup Full challenges is to subscribe to the blog – […]
Are you over-working your back?
In today’s post, nurse Tim explores whether your ‘sitting in front of computer’ position might be causing you discomfort and what to do about it. […]
Take part in National Nutrition Week
This is a repost from Flinders In Touch Next week is National Nutrition Week and Flinders University has teamed up with the Adelaide City Council to offer free […]
How to eat to reduce your likelihood of depression
The idea that you can prevent and treat mental illnesses like depression with diet is only something I’ve noticed gaining momentum over the last 5 […]
Keep Your Cup Full - A Mental Health Week Challenge
Update 23/10/18 – Challenges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are now all live. You can also get print versions from Health, Counselling […]
Sleep regularity and academic performance - by Tim Adler
Tim is a nurse here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services. One of the great things about having Tim on the team is he enjoys […]
Be Medicinewise Week
The 20th to the 26th August this year (2018) is NPS Medicinewise Week. NPS Medicinewise is an “an independent, not-for-profit and evidence-based organisation that works […]
Meaning and purpose in life
In a previous post, I looked at how to derive a sense of meaning and purpose from your studies. Given that you spend a large […]
Ask Dr G - What is student wellbeing to you?
I’m participating on a panel on the 6th August for mid-year commencing students that is focused on wellbeing. Ahead of time the organiser of the […]
Dr G's guide to self-care
Update: we now have a new Self Care Mega Guide with extra strategies and our service pamphlet attached to the back. A nice upgrade on the […]
Become A Behaviour Change Expert: Part 3 - Social Support
Welcome to Part 3 of Becoming a Behaviour Change Expert. In this series I am looking at the skills you can develop, so you can […]
A quick guide to self-care for mentors
Note 19/4/19 – an updated self-care guide can be found here. Last week a colleague of mine and I ran a mental health/self-care workshop for […]