Mental Health

The Community Men’s Shed Bribie Island was formally established in August 2017. The Shed was developed because of a need on Bribie Island for men to get together in companionship, and to work on...

Fear is a powerful and primitive human emotion; its role is to alert us to the presence of danger. Fear is a natural emotion and a survival mechanism. Fear can be divided into two...

The noun worthlessness can describe an object’s lack of value, but it’s more often used to describe people —specifically in relation to how we feel about our self. If we experience multiple setbacks in...

Tags: Mental health. Child. Childrens. Emotions. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice” - Unknown Read part 1 - Developing emotional intelligence in children   Following on from Issue #84 of The Bribie Islander this...

Tags: Mental health. Child. Childrens. Emotions. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice” - Unknown Over the past several decades, studies have found emotional intelligence (EI) provides a variety of benefits that...

Tags: Dementia Australia. Around 440,000 Australians live with dementia and almost 1.5 million Australians are involved in their care. However, dementia training is currently not mandatory for aged care and home care workers. Dementia Australia...

Tags: Definition of gratitude. Mental health and well being. Gratitude “Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart. It could hold a rather large amount of gratitude” – A.A. Milne Over the past 10 years,...

Tags: Mental Health. Well being. Resilience By VERONICA MERCER Mental Health Accredited Social Worker “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” -...

Tags: INSOMNIA. Mental health. Side effects. Symptoms and cause. INSOMNIA By Veronica Mercer Mental Health Accredited Social Worker “NOTHING CURES INSOMNIA LIKE THE REALISATION THAT IT’S TIME TO GET UP” - AUTHOR UNKNOWN Sleep is a naturally recurring state of...

Tags: What is Dementia? Can dementia be inherited? Memory changes. Mild cognitive impairment. DEMENTIA BY VERONICA MERCER MENTAL HEALTH ACCREDITED SOCIAL WORKER The reason I chose to discuss Dementia is because we all know somebody who has the insidious disease,...

Tags: Autism. Children's. Adults. Symptoms. Neurological. Possible causes. AUTISM- A BLUE MONTH Researchers estimate that autism affects over twenty-five million people throughout the world and in developed countries, 1.5% of children had been diagnosed with ASD as...

Tags: Anger. Mental health. Emotions. Anger management. Depression. Anxiety. ANGER “Emotions are given to us to move us to action. Anger moves us to address injustice. Fear makes us take precautions. Sadness helps us to slow down and process...

Tags: Obsessive compulsive disorder. Obsessive compulsive personality disorder. Mental health. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER & OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER “Why do you throw bread crumbs outside your front door every day?” “To keep the tigers away!” “But there are no tigers!” “Yes effective,...