Everyone in the workforce can think of a story either positive or negative where their place of work has had an impact on them. The kind of place where we work, socialise and spend a significant portion of our lives plays a huge role in our overall wellbeing. Workplaces are increasingly recognising this and turning […]
মানসিক স্বাস্থ্য ফ্যাক্ট শীট বাংলা
WayAhead has had a number of our Mental Health fact sheets translated into Bengali. These fact sheets are available to download and print.এখানে ডাউনলোড করুন Download here
WayAhead Workplaces
Our WayAhead Workplaces Manager, Sharon Leadbetter, talks about how to create a mentally healthy workplace.
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Mental Health Matters
An Update of Research into Anxiety
Summary of the paper: Anxiety Disorders, by Michelle G. Craske, Murray B. Stein, Thalia C. Eley, Mohammed R. Milad, Andrew Holmes, Ronald M. Rapee, and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen; (in press; 2017) Nature Reviews Disease Primers. Precis by Ronald M Rapee, Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University. In late 2016, several international researchers, who […]
The Chatswood Mental Health Expo – A Volunteer’s Perspective
In April, WayAhead, in partnership with Willoughby City Council and Australian Chinese Psychological Association, held a Mental Health Expo in Chatswood that targeted the Chinese community for the first time. I was looking forward to volunteering on the day because even though I am Chinese-Australian, to participate in a conversation about mental health with the […]
Interview with Sharon Leadbetter – WayAhead Workplaces Coordinator
At WayAhead, we are lucky to work with some very keen minds, working on some very important issues. Before the WayAhead Workplaces Annual Members Forum, we had a chance to sit down with Sharon Leadbetter, the WayAhead Workplaces Coordinator, to have a chat about the program and the latest research and trends in mental health […]
CEO Report
Dear Readers Welcome to the latest edition of Mental Health Matters. We have included a variety of articles that will touch your heart and others that will open your mind to new ways of communicating with others whether it be as a vlogger or a photographer. It is uplifting to read the stories of migrants […]
Behind the Photographer’s Lens
Last month, documentary photographer, Jennifer Blau, exhibited her portraits of people who had had an eating disorder in the series Just ask me how I feel, created in partnership with WayAhead. The portraits were shown at Manly Library as part of the international Head On photo exhibition that runs in Sydney every year. Since […]
Meet Alice Cheok: The Grateful Refugee
It is stories like Alice Cheok’s that remind us that while migrants have a past, they also have a future here and have so much to offer to the Australian community. It is stories like Alice Cheok’s that remind us that while migrants have a past, they also have a future here and have so […]
In Two Minds
Professor Gordon Parker founder of the Black Dog Institute has released a new fictional novel “In Two Minds” featuring characters with complex mental health issues. There is positive press around the book and one of our staff members who has read the book says ” it’s an easy read and an interesting story”. You can read […]
