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Managing stress and anxiety during a crisis
During period of crisis it’s understandable that people feel heightened stress and anxiety. This tip sheet was written during the height o...
Personal connection in the new world
Guest blog by Dr Leanne Beagley, Chief Executive Officer - Mental Health Australia It is a new world. The pandemic has left us with a new...
Managing Loneliness
Loneliness is not a single emotion, but rather a cluster of emotions.[1] Being lonely can feel like grief, jealously, sadness, shame or...
The mental health of my child – is there an app for that?
By Brad Morgan17 July 2019All families face challenges that can impact the social and emotional wellbeing of their children.Particularly...
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week
By Deborah Lockwood5 June, 2019This Infant Mental Health week will see the launch of new free web-based resources Let’s Talk about...
Neighbour Day 2019 – Loneliness – what neighbours can do to create connections
By Sam Robinson, Neighbour Day Campaign Manager30 January, 2019 The Beatles asked many years ago, “All the lonely people where do they all...
Good Choices
by (Rev) Karen Paull5 December 2018‘And the winner of most items in their handbag is…Karen!’ My embarrassing ‘win’ was many years ago now,...
Loneliness is a health issue – how do we ensure programs to tackle it are successful?
By Dr Michelle H Lim 28 November, 2018 The Australian Government has announced in its budget $46 million towards the community visitors...
Loneliness and the transformative power of relationships – our 2017-18 Annual Report
Andrew Bickerdike20 November 2018Helping give people the skills to build and sustain the meaningful relationships they need is at the...
Why do lonely people visit the GP more often?
By Dr Tegan Cruwys and Associate Professor Genevieve Dingle14 November 2018Most GPs struggle with the so-called “frequent attenders”: the...
Compassion, engagement and connection – how we end loneliness
Hugh Mackay7 November, 2018The deepest truth about human beings also happens to be the sweetest and noblest truth about us: we are social...
Relationships Australia Loneliness Podcast
Alison Brook31 October 2018Australia is in the midst of a loneliness crisis, with many in our population experiencing a deficit of social...
The Australian experience of loneliness
Alison Brook 25 October 2018 In September this year, Relationships Australia released new research based on the findings from 16 waves of...