Mental Health – UNDERSTANDING WORTHLESSNESS
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...
DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHILDREN Part 2
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...
DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHILDREN – Part 1
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...
DEMENTIA TRAINING CRITICAL FOR CARE WORKERS
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...
Mental Health – GRATITUDE
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,...
Mental health – RESILIENCE
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.” -...
INSOMNIA – Symptoms, side effects and causes.
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...
What is dementia?
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,...
About Autism
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...
Emotions: Anger
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...
