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Anxiety, depression and suicide prevention

Andrew Fuller and guest Clinical A/Prof David Horgan on helping young people deal with resistant depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts How to ask about stress, anxiety, depression and emotional pain How to ask about suicidal thinking in young people Mindset and thinking differences in developmental stages of life Online tools and resources Listen now [...]

By |2022-11-14T17:11:43+11:00October 25th, 2021|Categories: Depression, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Podcast, self-harm, Suicide|Tags: |0 Comments

Children live online more than ever – we need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time

By Kathryn MacCallum, University of Canterbury and Cheryl Brown, University of Canterbury  The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives, not least the time we spend on digital devices. For young people in particular, the blurred line between recreational and educational screen time presents new challenges we are only beginning to appreciate. Even [...]

By |2021-10-18T12:08:48+11:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: COVID, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Screen Use, Technology, Wellbeing|Tags: |1 Comment

Trials and tribulations: The stories of Year 12 students amid COVID

  After a long and challenging two years, Year 12 students are heading into the final few months of their schooling. Those in Sydney and Melbourne have spent a significant proportion studying from home; for Melbourne’s students, in particular, this was a repeat of their Year 11 experience through the lockdowns of 2020. Year 12 [...]

By |2021-10-18T12:37:39+11:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: COVID, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: |0 Comments

Acting early to break the cycle of family mental illness

  Both the 2021 Victorian Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System and the 2020 federal Productivity Commission Inquiry Report highlight the impact of a parent’s mental illness on their children, and the need to break the cycle of mental illness in families. Monash University’s leadership role in addressing the issue over the past 10 years resulted [...]

By |2021-10-18T11:38:23+11:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: COVID, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: |1 Comment

Free courses on Generation Next eLearning Hub for Mental Health Month

Check out the latest free courses available on the Generation Next eLearning Hub and please share them with your community! Check out the latest free courses

By |2021-12-03T15:09:52+11:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Could It Be Aspergers?

In this empowering lecture, Professor Tony Attwood discusses defining characteristics of 'Aspies' - people with Asperger's Syndrome - how these change from early childhood to adulthood & vary by gender. Lecture Transcript [00:00:00] Prof Tony Atwood: We're going to focus on Asperger's syndrome. It's a way a trendy term. And we now know that [...]

By |2021-10-11T18:16:20+11:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Uncategorized, Wellbeing|Tags: |0 Comments

Counselling conundrum: How school psychology services have coped with COVID

By Andrea Reupert, Kelly-Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Zoe Morris, Dianne Summers, Gerald Wurf and Fiona May School psychologists and counsellors provide a critical service supporting students with learning and emotional needs. During COVID-19 restrictions, they had to change the way they provided this service. Given that there have been seven international health crises over the [...]

By |2021-10-15T16:51:52+11:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: COVID, Education, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: |0 Comments

Schools have moved outdoors in past disease outbreaks. Here are 7 reasons to do it again

By Karen Malone, Swinburne University of Technology Leaders across the country – particularly in the states with the largest outbreaks, New South Wales and Victoria – have designed road maps towards reopening the states after long lockdowns. Safety in childcare, schools and universities is a core component of reopening plans. Year 12 students in Melbourne [...]

By |2021-10-11T18:16:20+11:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: COVID, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: |0 Comments

Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids

By Luke Zaphir, The University of Queensland and Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland Melbourne has seen days of anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protests with hundreds of arrests made. Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views. Police say people have been arrested for breaching the chief health officer’s directions, as well as drug-related offences and outstanding [...]

Social dilemma: The challenges for international students’ mental health

By Helen Forbes-Mewett, Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences Australian universities are understood to have the highest number of international students per capita worldwide. Their wellbeing is paramount to the higher education sector. Despite the struggles international students face while studying in an unfamiliar environment, there’s a counter-narrative regarding the many associated positives [...]

By |2021-10-11T18:16:21+11:00October 1st, 2021|Categories: COVID, Education, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: |0 Comments
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