Online services for anxiety
Anxiety goes by a number of names: nervousness, stress, worry, fear, panic. Some degree of anxiety is perfectly normal. It is normal to be nervous […]
Mental Health
Put up a 'Feeling Stressed' poster in your study area
A little while back I set up the “Feeling Stressed” page on our website. It is a series of simple suggestions and links you can utilise […]
safeTALK - we are running it here at Flinders
I’ve written previously about safeTALK. “SafeTALK is a half-day alertness workshop that prepares anyone, regardless of experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people […]
Wisemind - expert advice from specialist psychologists
This post was updated 6/4/18 One of the clinicians here just directed me to an interesting online mental health resource. It is called Wisemind. Wisemind […]
An easy access, no cost, mental health support service
Here at Flinders, our counsellors provide a time-limited (6 sessions max per year) support service for students who are struggling. Commonly, students who seek out […]
The Loneliness Project
I just finished reading a good article over at The Globe and Mail. It was on loneliness. Loneliness “is a feeling of sadness or distress […]
Centre for Anxiety and Related Disorders
One of my jobs and the jobs of the counsellors here at Flinders, is to let you know about different mental health treatment options, so you […]
Mental health strategic plans - helpful or total bulls*#t?
Yes, that is supposed to be a purposefully inflammatory title 🙂 So in case you did not know, South Australia has a Mental Health Commission (MHC). […]
Actual stuff you can do to build well-being
Building well-being is something you have to work at. It is why I use the ‘mental fitness’ analogy when speaking about well-being nowadays, because like […]
Interesting research study opportunity for individuals with chronic mental ...
Mental illness is common in Australia. 45% of us will experience a mental illness (or sometimes called a mental disorder) at some stage in our […]
Does mental illness exist?
I’m a podcast fan. You can learn all sorts of interesting stuff from podcasts, all while you sit on the bus, or drive to work. ‘All […]