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| | | This is an "Aware" talk Aware is an Irish Support Service which was founded in 1985 by Dr. Patrick M... 22 Replies 1161 Views | 22 Replies | 1161 Views | ||
| |  | Crazywise is a recently released documentary film that looks at mental illness and spirituality in i... 1 Replies 1467 Views | 1 Reply | 1467 Views | ||
| | | Found these talks about bipolar by Dr Patrick McKeon really helpful Bipolar - what is it & what to d... 30 Replies 1666 Views | 30 Replies | 1666 Views | ||
| | | @Mattmum NSW health services list these organisations for carer support https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/family-mh-program.aspx... by Darcy on 18 Dec 2018 09:36 PM Latest post on 04 Jan 2019 10:46 PM by gudnytgirl 3 Replies 292 Views | 3 Replies | 292 Views | ||
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| |  | Has anyone done the MH First Aid Course? There's a good online writeup today on ABC news today:http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-26/mental-health-first-aid-encouraged-for-all/8981062... by Anonymous on 26 Sep 2017 10:45 AM Latest post on 24 Oct 2018 01:04 AM by RoryJoshua 8 Replies 1303 Views | 8 Replies | 1303 Views | ||
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| | | Hello all, As a person with lived experience, I'm keen to start the discussion on trying to set up a... by Faith_Hope_Love on 08 Sep 2018 04:16 AM Latest post on 08 Sep 2018 08:39 AM by Darcy 3 Replies 810 Views | 3 Replies | 810 Views | ||
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| |  | Hi everyone, Just thought I'd share this new resource designed to support both carers and people w... 1 Replies 726 Views | 1 Reply | 726 Views | ||
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