Health & Wellbeing

Daily affirmations to improve your mindset

Have you considered how affirmations could improve your life? Registered Psychologist Sarah Davies shares the steps to finding an affirmation and making it powerful for you.

How to silence your inner critic

Our inner critic can be a helpful guide to motivate us to achieve our goals, but it’s when that inner critic is constantly berating us and overlooking the good, that it starts to become a problem.

Calming your mind in stressful times

No matter what the cause, if your body’s stress response has been triggered, then it is helpful to know a couple of techniques that you can use to calm yourself down.

Suicide prevention

Each year in Australia more than 3,000 people end their lives . This is around 8 people a day - more than the number of people who die on our roads each year. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the suicide rates are twice as high, and for young people, it is the leading cause of death.

Psychosis

Affecting the way the brain perceives and processes information, psychosis can lead to hallucinations and delusional thoughts - a frightening and confusing experience. It can occur for a number of reasons, but it is a state that is often associated with a mental illness.

Eating disorders

Our bodies need food for the absorption of vitamins and nutrients. However, for some people control of what goes into their bodies, and how they use the energy that food provides, can become an unhealthy obsession.

Drugs and alcohol

When you consume drugs and alcohol, it changes the way your brain and body work. For example, it may relax or excite you, or it may affect your sense of time and your emotional state.

Depression

Depression is a feeling of sadness that lasts for a consistent period of time and can feel like you simply can't escape. It can be all-consuming, and impact your day-to-day life.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder affects around 1 in 50 Australians each year, and it often develops for the first time when people are teenagers, or in the early years of adulthood.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a common condition, and one that over 2 million Australians will experience in any 12 month period .

Building resilience in times of change and uncertainty

We spoke with Matthew Iasiello, researcher at the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at SAHMRI about what resilience is, and what we can do to improve it.

Managing anxiety

Counsellor, Lisa Bondarenko, explains the most common mental health condition in Australia – Anxiety.