Tag Archive for Mental Health

MDFF- This Man’s Worth

Director Ash Cottrell Rated E Score 5/6 At the conclusion of fulfilling working lives, two very different men, Graeme and Michael, convinced of their loss of identity and disconnection to the world around them, decide that suicide is their only option. Only one man survives the attempt on his life. I think that this might…

Beyond Blue – Big Blue Table

Beyond Blue is encouraging people to share a meal and start a conversation around mental health to support those impacted by anxiety, depression, and suicide. The new initiative, Big Blue Table, takes place from 1 – 8 October, to kick off the first week of Mental Health Month.With the aim to raise funds for the…

Coles Partners With The Resilience Project

A positive mental health program to help students build resilience and cope with stress will be delivered in 20 schools across Australia thanks to a new partnership with Coles and The Resilience Project. The education partnership was officially launched at Shepparton East Primary School by Collingwood Football Club’s AFLW young gun Jordyn Allen who shared…

Australia Post Providing 4 Million Free Postcards To Remote and Rural Households

Australia Post is helping Australians stay connected by delivering more than 4 million specially designed prepaid postcards to rural and remote households across the country as part of its continued focus on mental health. Australia Post Head of Community Nicky Tracey said that the postcards were designed in collaboration with Australia Post’s mental health partner…

ISOlation Photography for Mental Health

Editor’s Note: A Big thank you to Karen Merry for writing and submitting this article. 2020 will go down as the year the world changed. Coronavirus, Covid 19, Social Distancing, flattening the curve, unprecedented, unchartered are all words some of us would prefer never to hear again. Some of the stressors of daily life have…

OzHelp and SIHQ collaborating to deliver nationwide access to mental health support

A ground-breaking collaboration between OzHelp Foundation and SIHQ will launch a new digital counseling platform to provide access to life saving mental health services to Australian workplaces across the country. OzHelp and SIHQ have been developing the fully automated, encrypted video psychology platform over the past 18 months to provide essential health support to workers…

OzHelp Selected to deliver workplace suicide prevention and mental health programs

Health Minister Greg Hunt recently announced that the federal government has announced OzHelp as its preferred partner to deliver workplace programs under the National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Program. “We are delighted to continue to partner with the Australian Government in building individual levels of resilience and capacity for self-help in relation to the…

Sane Australia Slams Split

National mental health organisation SANE Australia has condemned new Hollywood horror film Split for trivialising complex mental illness and depicting people living with dissociative identity disorder as violent villains. The film starring James McAvoy is set to screen in Australian cinemas today (January 26) and features a man living with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known…