Suicide prevention & mental health research

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04/09/23 • 23 min

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Everymind is a leading institute dedicated to the prevention of mental ill-health and suicide. I speak with researcher, clinical psychologist and program manager Dr Sally Fitzpatrick, about the prevention of mental ill-health and suicide, as well as the promotion of wellbeing.

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Rural and Remote Women's Health

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When it comes to investment in mental health services, a disproportionately small percentage of the research dollar goes the way of the nearly nine million people living in rural and remote Australia. I speak with the Chief Executive of the National Rural Health Alliance, Susi Tegen about the issues being faced by those living outside our major cities in particular the challenges confronting women when it comes to mental health and well-being.

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Eating disorders and body image

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Treatment for eating and dieting disorders, body image issues and problematic exercise is evolving but so are the numbers seeking help.
Over a million Australians are currently experiencing an eating disorder, and less than a quarter are getting treatment or support.

It’s unlikely a single factor will lead to an eating disorder and more likely to be a combination of risk factors, including genetics, emotional factors and cultural influences.
I speak with Sarah McMahon, Psychologist & Director of Body Matters who has worked in the field of eating disorders for close to 20 years, supporting hundreds of people to achieve recovery.
Sarah has worked with schools, workplaces & charities to provide education & strategic direction to prevent the toxic cultural environments that perpetuate eating issues & body shame.

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BRAINSTORM - Suicide prevention & mental health research

Transcript

[0:00:47] A: Thank you. Thank you, guys. It's great to be here. I am well, I'm really excited about this conversation. So every mind is the National Institute. We are based out of Newcastle, about 2 hours north of Sydney on a wobblykle land, beautiful coastline, and our work focuses on the prevention of mental ill health, health and suicide. So we're not a clinical service. What we want to do is work with organizations, governments and communities to really focus on how we pr