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One in five Australians aged 16-85 experience a mental illness in any year.  https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/docs/default-source/factsheets/facts_figures.pdf?sfvrsn=8 The 12th September in Australia is R U OK Day, the day we are meant to pause think about mental health and check in with our colleagues, friends and family. Caring about others is certainly not a once a year event, and discussing mental health is certainly not a once a year event. If you stop and  think ab

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There are four aspects of health that impact our wellbeing: physical health, sleep, food and exercise. Physical health:  In my undergraduate psychology we learnt about power of  the mind when it comes ot healing the body. A recent study on the placebo effect - (ie creating the the mindset that people will heal),  accounted for clinically significant benefits in an estimated 60-90% of conditions, including pain, anxiety, depression, Parkinson’s disease, asthma, allergies, hype

Don't be a bystander you can always help. “Diffusion of responsibility” is often invoked to explain the bystander phenomenon.

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“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill