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In my class on mental health I often ask if we are beating back the stigma of mental illness. Students often say no&#...

October 2, 2014

Mental Health is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the Western world. Unfortunately, most youth work educati...

September 29, 2014

I am currently developing curriculum for the diploma of youth work here in Australia. This curriculum is focused on y...

January 8, 2014

Tomorrow is R U OK day here in Australia. R U OK day is an initiative to help the general public support their friend...

September 11, 2013

We are finally here our series on mental state exams is in its last week. Over the past eight weeks we have built an ...

June 6, 2013

Second last post this week for our series on Mental State Exams. Over the past few weeks we have been building a...

May 24, 2013

Well there are only three more posts left in this series. We have been building an understanding of the cor...

May 18, 2013

So we are a little over half way in this series. We have been developing an understanding of the core components of a...

May 9, 2013

So far in this series we have been developing an understanding of the core components of a mental state exam. So far ...

May 2, 2013

Over the past few weeks we have been developing an understanding of the components of a mental state exam. So far we ...

April 18, 2013