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Opening up about mental health at work

Mike Davis, Monday, 26th October 2020 - Mental health first aid training is a great way to ensure that your workforce can support each other during difficult periods, writes Mike Davis. It feels like you’ve suddenly tripped…

‘Things need to change’: Widespread complex mental illness discrimination revealed

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 12th October 2020 - A national program to change attitudes around complex mental illness is needed to ensure all Australians can live free from stigma, SANE Australia says. When Cameron Solnordal …

Five ways to take care of your mental health during unemployment

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 12th October 2020 - Losing your job can take more of a toll than you might realise. With World Mental Health Day taking place on Saturday, we take a look at how you can stay mentally healthy during your hunt…

Working toward better mental health at work

Mike Davis, Monday, 28th September 2020 - Mike Davis shares some of the things that organisations can do to give staff a much needed mental health boost. 2020 has turned out to be a year of immense challenge and opportunity. …

Putting an end to suicide

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 21st September 2020 - As the chair of Lifeline Australia, John Brogden AM is using his personal experience with mental health to help end suicide in the country once and for all. He’s this week’s Changemaker. …

Volunteer backyard blitz program brings joy to struggling Queenslanders

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 16th September 2020 - “My garden was my sanctuary during lockdown… but there are people out there that don’t have anything like that,” the leader behind the program says. A Cairns suicide prevention…

How we can improve mental health services for CALD communities and young people

Sammy Huynh, Thursday, 3rd September 2020 - Sammy Huynh reflects on the gaps she sees for CALD communities and young people as a young social worker. Australia is proud of its multiculturalism, with many residents or parents…

‘We’re experiencing a growing mental health crisis. We need more innovative solutions.’

Wendy Williams, Monday, 24th August 2020 - Campaigners believe using psychedelic medicines – including magic mushrooms and MDMA – to treat mental illnesses could be life changing. The statistics on mental health are shocking.…

COVID-19: Impact on vulnerable Victorians

Mike Davis, Monday, 24th August 2020 - Mike Davis shares findings from TaskForce’s demographic survey which shows how COVID-19 has prompted growing demand for drug and alcohol counselling services and led to a rise in…

Five challenges facing children and young people

Mercy Chipo Jumo, Monday, 24th August 2020 - To mark the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and young people from Australia and the Pacific met to identify key areas of concern…

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