The annual Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week is a chance to get out into the community to increase awareness of perinatal mental health issues, encourage help-seeking, and build connections. At Grand Pacific Health (GPH) in Wollongong, we have been successful in receiving several grants from Way Ahead, and we’ve held a range of events […]
2017 Annual Report
Read about our achievements and work during 2016/17 improving NSW mental health and wellness.
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WayAhead Workplaces
Our WayAhead Workplaces Manager, Sharon Leadbetter, talks about how to create a mentally healthy workplace.
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Mental Health Matters
When workplaces get it right: A case study in returning to work
When Paul, a healthy man in his thirties, started having seizures at work, the doctors initially diagnosed him with epilepsy. He had spent years working at a global banking company in approving loans for projects and seizures were completely new for him. The company organised training for his manager and team members to learn how […]
Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week 2017
Each year at WayAhead, we support Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week, which runs during the second week of November. There are a number of events which we support with small grants for community organisations to raise awareness of mental health during and after pregnancy. This year, we launched the week with a group of […]
CEO Report – Summer 17/18
Dear readers The holiday season is now on us and hopefully you will have an opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months, the good and the not so good, and that the good memories will stay with you. Soon I will be thinking about 2018 and the excitement of new opportunities and experiences […]
Mission Australia Report Mental Health as the Top Concern for Australian Youth
For the first time since it launched 16 years ago, the Mission Australia’s 2017 Youth Survey found that mental health is the biggest issue for young people in Australia. A record 24,055 young people aged 15 to 19 years old completed the survey and about one-third of the participants identified mental health as their biggest […]
Law school as a breeding ground for stress-related illnesses
Law is a notoriously stressful career, and studying at law school is often similarly stressful. A 2009 study on depression within the legal community called ‘Courting the Blues’ by the Brain & Mind Research Institute of the University of Sydney revealed that there were high levels of psychological distress and risk of depression in both […]
Summertime sadness – Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder
The cold, wintery days are long behind us as we welcome the blistering summer that we Australians know and love. The onset of spring and summer typically brings joy and excitement. The cold and gloomy days of winter are over, so we head outdoors to enjoy the weather. We can now say goodbye to the […]
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, certain phrases start cropping up: “Beach Body in 7 Days!” from the Women’s Health Magazine. “Get Your Summer Body Now!” from Oxygen Magazine. To be fair, other magazines do fare slightly […]
