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Do you have a special interest in mental health and a need to find like-minded others?
Do you have a special interest in mental health and a need to find like-minded others? - Joining a networking organisation or attending the 2016 Unconference might help.There are two groups there
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Last week I went to Wodonga at the invitation of Dale Skinner, one of our wonderful Black Dog Institute volunteers, to speak at a community forum on bipolar disorder. The meeting was organised by a
Doctor and writer Jocelyn Lowinger wrote a great article for the Medical Republic a few weeks ago about doctors and depression. (If you missed the article here’s a link to it
How do you recommend an eMH program? - Just say it? - Show them the website? - Write it on a sticky note? - Hand over a flyer? - Send them an SMS? - Give them a trifold wallet card with all the
You are probably aware of the formal safety planning strategies used with people at risk of suicide. Safety planning involves identifying warning signs, increasing the safety of the environment,
Juliette Thomson from the Butterfly Foundation has provided with some information about some of the services they offer for Patients suffering from eating disorders: “The Butterfly Foundation’s
The emotional toll of diabetes can make it hard for patients to manage the challenges of the disease, and the health consequences of poorly managed diabetes are significant. Using funding provided by
We are all shocked by the recent steep and unexpected rise in suicide rates in Australia. Studies involving broad community-based interventions based on a “systems approach” have been influential in
The pressure is on for GPs to prescribe and refer less and provide more psychological support themselves but it’s hard for GPs to get the time to learn more about psychological therapies. With this in
If you're doing a lot of mental health work in primary care you may be wishing you had some supervision.