The Anxious Generation - are smartphones to blame?
Psychologist Haidee reflects on reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt which puts smartphone use in the spotlight as a potential cause of poor mental wellbeing […]
Archive Tag: depression
Navigating Digital Mental Health Resources for Young People: Where Do We St...
Explore how digital mental health tools, like those in the eMHPrac directory, can empower university students with accessible, evidence-based support for anxiety, depression, and wellbeing. As […]
Tackling Youth Mental Health: Join Prevention United's National Youth Surve...
Your voice can help shape the future of mental health prevention for young Australians. In recent years I’ve described my position here at Flinders as being […]
Nine big myths about depression — busted
I thought this episode of All In The Mind on depression was useful in separating out the illness of depression, from the way we use the […]
Should you start using a mindfulness app?
In the realm of mental health, reaching those who need it can be challenging, with many individuals not seeking professional help. To address this, mobile apps […]
Study participants wanted: Imagery rescripting (psychological treatment) fo...
The growing waiting lists for psychological therapy, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to significant delays in accessing therapeutic support, but participation in therapy research […]
Orygen Digital study seeking young people who have experienced mental healt...
Participating in research studies is one way to gain access to therapeutic programs. In this post, I share a program being offered by Orygen Digital, a […]
Free access to mental health resources from ‘Being Well, Living Well’ f...
I’ve reproduced below a blog post from the Epigeum team at Oxford University Press below Epigeum build online courses for university students on the topics […]
Self Care and Podcasts
The last few months of my maternity leave, I stumbled into the world of podcasts. I had actually been actively avoiding listening to any due […]
Online treatments for psychological disorders
Have you got a diagnosis of depression or OCD or PTSD or chronic pain or anxiety or health anxiety or insomnia or substance use disorder? […]
Lifting the Cloud - Mindfulness and CBT for depression/ anxiety
One of the counsellors shared this therapy option this morning at our regular meeting. The program is called Lifting the Cloud. It is run from […]
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 […]
Have Dinner With A Mental Health Expert
The Australian Society for Medical Research is presenting Dinner With a Scientist 2018 Dinner With A Scientist brings together local scientists from different research areas with […]
myCompass for mild to moderate anxiety and depression
Update 13/8/18 – myCompass is now in Version 2.0. It has had a significant facelift. The basic sections and functions of the site are the […]
The causes of depression
Because I tend to read a lot of wellbeing related articles, I tend to get sent a lot of wellbeing related articles (now that Google […]