My Well-being Ecosystem
Use this simple tool to remind yourself of the many ways you can look after your mental health. Or don’t. Either way, you rock! I’ve been […]
Archive Tag: mental illness
Mental health is everybody's business, with Dr Sarah Barker
Medibank run some great health and wellbeing sessions for students and staff. There is one coming up on the 11th September, exploring mental health and wellbeing […]
Mental Health and Mental Fitness Presentation for 1st Year Medicine
I gave a talk to 1st Year Medicine students. There were slides. Those slides are attached. The world is again in balance. On the 18th March, […]
The role of lifestyle factors in mental health
Your habits in relation to exercise, diet, sleep and smoking impact your physical and mental health. We don’t always think about the second of these (mental […]
Service available for carers of people with mental ill health
Found this in my email inbox today. Might be of interest to any students who are in the role of a carer for someone with […]
Statewide Mental Health Lived Experience Register
SA Health have created a Statewide Mental Health Lived Experience Register. If you live with mental illness or care for someone with mental illness, you […]
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. […]
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 […]
Are mindfulness-based interventions useful for common psychiatric disorders...
You can’t go a day without hearing about how mindfulness can treat everything. We use and recommend it here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services, […]
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). […]
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 […]