MENTAL HEALTH NEWS, ARTICLES AND INFORMATION
Letter from Liz – December 2018
Dear Readers, Another year is coming to a close and what a year it has been for WayAhead. This issue of the Mind Reader will look back at just some … [Read More...]
MIEACT helping everyone affected by bullying through their innovative program
During the WayAhead AGM in late November, Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT Program Manager Megan Mills presented on the findings of their new … [Read More...]
World’s Largest Mental Health Awareness Lesson
Around 1500 Year 9 and 10 students from around NSW came to Sydney Olympic Park to take part in the NSW Department of Education’s Guinness World … [Read More...]
Buying a packet of mental wellbeing
If you were wandering around the Sydney CBD in late March or early April, you might have spotted a vending machine, standing alone in the middle of … [Read More...]
It’s Summer Time: We Need to Talk About ‘Summer Bodies’ and Body Image
Summer is now officially here, with the weather warming up around Australia. As the layers are shed and people start heading towards the beach, … [Read More...]
Helping Your Anxious Child – An interview with Professor Ron Rapee
As a parent or teacher, it can be hard to know how to help a child you think might be dealing with anxiety. For more than 25 years, Professor Rapee, … [Read More...]
He’ll Be Right: My Journey with Anxiety
I was probably always what people would assume was just shy, as a child, but there was always that worry that other kids didn't seem to have. Things … [Read More...]
Why sharing the journey matters
What 2018's Mental Health Month theme means to one of the WayAhead team members. Sometimes when things are bad, when my emotions are exhausted … [Read More...]
Letter from Liz – November 2018
Dear Readers, It has been the busiest and most exciting Mental Health Month I can remember. The theme Share the Journey has been adapted to … [Read More...]
