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Georgia Foster is coming to Sydney this weekend to help locals learn how to drink less through hypnosis and her ‘7 days to drink less’ program. “One of the most common types of feedback I get after hypnotherapy sessions is, “Georgia, I wish I had met you in my twenties! I could have saved … Continued
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A new online resource developed by Monash University researchers will help women navigate eating disorders during perimenopause and menopause, when symptoms can become both distressing and hard to tell apart. Senior clinical psychologist and eating disorders expert Associate Professor Gemma Sharp, from the School of Translational Medicine, led the resource’s development, in collaboration with … Continued
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VMIAC and SHARC are extremely disappointed that the Victorian Government has failed to deliver on its promise to implement Recommendation 29 from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Recommendation 29 called on the Victorian Government to establish a Consumer Lived Experience Agency. Despite being 18 months overdue and intended as a critical part … Continued
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Researchers have created a series of guides to support wellbeing for architects, after a survey found architecture workers had a lower-than-average quality of life compared with Australia’s general working population. Led by RMIT Professor Naomi Stead in collaboration with Monash University researchers and eleven architecture industry partners, including award-winning advocacy group Parlour, the … Continued
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Construction workers typically work six days a week but research tracking a five-day work week in the industry shows flexibility is key to improving worker wellbeing, with minimal perceived impact on productivity. The interim report, led by RMIT University in collaboration with the Construction Industry Culture Taskforce (CICT), tracked five pilot infrastructure projects trialling a … Continued
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an urgent national cabinet meeting tomorrow to discuss violence against women. In the 2022-2023 financial year almost half of the women killed in Australia were killed by their former or current intimate partner. This year, one woman is being killed every four days. Another died today. La Trobe University … Continued
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Fostering Compassionate Communities for Mental Health: Nominations Open for the 2024 Australian Mental Health Prize As nominations open for the Australian Mental Health Prize, experts are uniting to underscore the critical need to foster compassionate communities. Recent tragic events have heightened emotions across Australia, particularly fear, despair and sadness. In these difficult times it is … Continued
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Cognitive behaviour therapy appeared to have more long-lasting effects when treating prolonged grief disorder, while mindfulness therapy also showed some benefits. Researchers from UNSW Sydney have compared the effectiveness of two different therapies that deal with prolonged grief disorder where people experience persistent yearning for the bereaved, thought to affect between 4 and 10 … Continued
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Adelaide Riverbank sunflower ceremony to remember lives lost to suicide MEDIA CALL – 12.pm, Monday 29 April 2024, Regattas Adelaide Convention Centre 12 noon to interview lived experience speakers before the service 12.30-1.30pm Suicide memorial service with sunflower ceremony Regattas, Adelaide Convention Centre People who have been impacted by the death of a … Continued
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• Expression Australia AUSLAN Communications Cards will assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing mental health consumers feel reassured whilst waiting for loved ones and Auslan interpreters when accessing Eastern Health services.• The Auslan communication cards are mental health specific, aiding the communication between our patients and mental health clinicians.• Eastern Health is … Continued
