Nutrient supplements for mental health
Back when I was doing my psychology training, the major lifestyle factors that were proposed to be related to mental health were exercise and sleep. […]
Mental Health
Thinking of seeing a psychologist?
Tim Carey, one of Flinders‘ own has a good article over at the Conversation on how to find a psychologist and what types of therapy […]
How does one take charge of their own wellbeing?
I’m one of a number of people around the university currently working with EPSW and the team at the SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre (SWRC) […]
How Our Students are Creating a Suicide Safer Community
This safeTALK program update is from Rebecca, one of the safeTALK facilitators. We have now finished running SafeTALK for the third time at Flinders. Developed […]
Batyr are coming to Flinders Uni on the 18th June
“batyr is a for purpose preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. We give a voice to the elephant […]
Low cost psychological therapy available from UniSA psychology clinic
Finding low-cost psychological therapy options is a challenge. One potential avenue is through psychology clinics attached to universities. I just got notice from a colleague […]
Mental Health Week @ Flinders 2019 - core messaging
This post is part of a small series of posts that went ‘behind the scenes’ of Mental Health Week 2019 (MHW2019). The others included early […]
Update on Mental Health Week activities
Next week is Mental Health Week @ Flinders – 29th May to 3rd August The week is being coordinated by the fine folks at FUSA […]
Mental Fitness - Lesson 6 - Why the world needs you to self-improve
Greetings and welcome to Lesson 6 of my ‘Introduction to Mental Fitness’ course. If you are new to the course, check out the introductory post […]
The intersection of mental health and aesthetics
Last week I got to meet with Celia Dottore, the program curator at the Flinders University Art Museum. Spoilers: she’s lovely and generous and kind. […]
A lot of students are anxious, or is it stress?
Every year we review our statistics on the students we’ve seen and the problems/challenges they are dealing with. Year in, year out, the most common […]
OASIS - catering for all aspects of student wellbeing
OASIS is the on-campus student community centre. It is on the Bedford Park campus (j7 on the campus map), opposite car park 5. For a […]
Update on Mental Fitness
Update: the course is now available here: Anyone who has been reading this blog, or getting the HCDS newsletters will know that I have been crapping […]
Headspace Adelaide are looking for volunteers aged 18-25
Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation and provider of mental health services to young people aged 12-25 is looking for volunteers in Adelaide as […]
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 […]
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 Challenges #6 and #7
My bad. I didn’t actually post these over the weekend, like I should have. But I was happily playing around in the dirt in my […]
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 – […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #4 - Start a Journal
Day 4 people! I promise this one is much easier to do inside. If that doesn’t make sense to you, consider visiting Day 1, Day […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #3 - Add exercise to your commute
I’m going to be upfront. I don’t think the weather is supporting our Mental Health Week ‘Keep Your Cup Full‘ challenge this year. We probably […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #2 - Spend more time outside in nature
Hello again It’s Mental Health Week here at Flinders and I’ve got a challenge for you. Although as I look out my window at the […]
Mental Health Week Challenge #1 - Take Up Meditation
Good morning everyone! Yes, it is Monday and I am in a good mood. Apologies if that sounds like a gross violation of Monday morning […]
Mental Health Week @ Flinders
Flinders is celebrating Mental Health Week next week, from the 15th-17th October. There are a bunch of activities happening, thanks to the ever-organised folks at […]
Upcoming SBS documentary takes a unique look at mental health
SBS have what looks to be a fascinating 2-part documentary airing on 11th October (tomorrow) and then subsequently on their on-demand service. It is called […]