Brainwaves

On today's episode of Brainwaves, the team has a panel discussion on education and mental health. With university going back over the next couple weeks, we discuss the pressures of being a student, including how to manage study, work, friends and your own mental health. We also talk about the many resources out there for when being a student becomes just too much, and all the coping mechanisms we...

Today on Brainwaves, we talk to Anto and Marina, two delegates from Indonesia. The pair have travelled to Australia in order to observe our mental health care system and advocate for safer practices in their home country. We discuss the differences between our mental health care systems, the problems people face in relation to stigma, and their future goals for mental health care in Indonesia. 

This week on Brainwaves, we take a look back to all the big events that helped shape mental health care in 2016. We talk about the best and the worst of the year that has been, and look back on a collection of stories that formed our show throughout the year. 

Today on Brainwaves, we talk to clinical psychologist Dr Christopher Mogan about hoarding disorder. The Anxiety Clinic defines Hoarding Disorder as a formal psychiatric disorder which is estimated to affect up to 5% of the population. Dr Mogan talks to the Brainwaves team about this disorder and the impact, his research, and ways people can receive help. To find out more information on Hoarding Di...

Today on Brainwaves we talk to Sally Watkins, founder of The Wellbeing Navigator. Her site and app collates a wide variety of mental health resources in various media forms, such as podcasts, videos, ebooks and interactive therapy, and displays them all in one convenient resource. We discuss how her free website can help those struggling with various aspects of their wellbeing as well as their fri...

This week on Brainwaves we talk to Capella Meurer, a PhD student from Monash University. Capella is currently conduting graduate level research on the treatment of eating disorders and recovery experiences. We discuss how eating disorders have changed over the past few years in regards to mortality and the rise of social media, and also learn of Capella's exciting new research project aimed to hel...

On this week's show we speak to music therapist Dr Cherry Hense, a post-doctoral research fellow from Melbourne University specialising in young people's musical identities, about the ways in which music therapy can be used in the treatment of mental illness. More information on music therapy can be found at http://www.austmta.org.au/

This week the Brainwaves team speaks to Phil Crooks from Senswide Employment. For many people, wellness and recovery goes hand in hand with meaningful employment. Phil chats about what it’s like for people with mental illness to find employment through a disability employment service. Feel free to contact Senswide for more information at info@senswide.com.au or (03)86207155.Panel Operator: LaurenI...

On today’s show Brainwaves members Terri & Serena interviewed Sue Nunn, founder and lived experience facilitator and Jarred Harvey, participant of the support group ECHOES. ECHOES is a peer support group for individuals who experience dissociation and multiplicity.

This week Brainwaves has Felice Jacka on the show, Associate Professor at Deakin University and President of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research and the Australian Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders. Felice discusses her research around the role of diet and nutrition as it relates to mental health disorders. Felice also explains the ways in which people’s moo...

Carlo Laruccia is a passionate mental health and wellbeing advocate, and today on the show Carlo talks about his lived experience of mental health, recovery and human connection.

On today's episode, the Brainwaves team is joined by Professor Eoin Killackey. Professor Killackey is Associate Director, Research and Head, Functional Recovery Research program at Orygen. The program develops and trials innovative treatments that help manage the functional recovery of young people. Professor Killackey discusses the current and potential role of technology, specifically virtually...

On today’s show we talk to Nina Mitchell, author of the children’s book My Mum Has Depression. Nina was prompted to write the book after realising that she and many other parents who suffer from depression have difficulty explaining the subject to their children.  More information can be found at http://www.nutsaboutnina.com.au/

On today's show, our guests are from Wild at Heart- Founder and Director, Phil and participant, Sarah. Wild at Heart is a community arts organisation for people who experience mental illness, disability or disadvantage. It provides opportunities to make art- music, dance, video and performance. Life is a Song is one of the many programs offered by Wild at Heart. Life is a Song uses autobiographica...

Today on Brainwaves, we talk to the head of clinical practice at Headspace National, Vicky Rile about cyber bullying.  To help prevent online bullying, Headspace has partnered with Reword to support the creation of a tool that identifies insulting words and statements, by putting a line through the word, making users reconsider what they're writing. The National Children's and Youth Law Centre est...

This week is Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Week, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues arising before and after childbirth. Today on the show we have Nicole from the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE), a non-profit organisation which aims to provide help to those struggling emotionally during pregnancy and early parenthood. For more information on perinatal mental health v...

Today on Brainwaves we talk to Rhett Corker, the Men's Health Program Manager at The Movember Foundation. Each November, men all around the world are challenged to grow a mustache in order to raise money and awareness for three key areas of men's health: testicular cancer, prostate cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention. Rhett tells us about how the foundation evolved and some of the new...

This week we speak to Andi Jones, a volunteer coordinator from Launch Housing Melbourne. Launch Housing is a not-for-profit organisation which was formed from the merger of two of Melbourne's largest and most respected homelessness services. Launch Housing believes that every individual has a right to have a home and it is their goal is to put an end to homelessness, whlist providing support to th...

This week we speak with Dr James McLure, peer support worker with Pathways Mental Health and Wellbeing Services and author of Eight Stones: My Journey Through Schizophrenia and Depression. James, a former AFL footballer with a PHD in clinical pharmacology, discusses everyfrom from his lived experience with mental illness to his role with the with the support group GROW, as well as his stance on me...

On this week's episode of Brainwaves, Hannah shares her lived experience of Bulimia Nervosa. Hannah talks about factors that contributed to her developing the disorder, her behaviours and feelings when she was unwell, and how she managed to recover. She also discusses her experience with major depression and anxiety, and a serious physical illness. This show contains material that may be distressi...

This week is Mental Health Week, and in honour of this years theme - "where to from here?" - the Brainwaves team speaks to Phil Crooks from Senswide Employment. Many individuals associate wellness and recovery with obtaining meaningful employment. Phil chats about what it's like for people with mental illness to find employment through a disability employment service. Feel free to contact Senswide...

This week is BPD Awareness Week (October 1st - October 7th). In honour of that, the Brainwaves team talks to Barb Mullen from the BPD Community. BPD otherwise known as Borderline Personality Disorder is a common mental illness. It is characterised by poor control of emotions and impulses, unstable interpersonal relationships and unstable self-image. On the 6th of October at 7pm there is a Melbourn...

On today's show, the Brainwaves team talk to sisters Rachael and Jenna about the organisation they founded- Run4mind. Run4mind aims to increase awareness about mental illness and raise funds for mental health organisations through ultra running campaigns. Both girls have a background in the fitness industry and a lived experience of mental illness, and they talk about the importance of excercise i...

On today's show, we talk to Brainwaves team member Rebecca on her experience of rehab and returning to everyday life. Rebecca tells us a little about how she ended up in rehab, what it was like while she was there, and how she got to where she is now in life. This episode of Brainwaves discusses heavy topics including self harm and suicide. If you or anyone you care about is struggling with their...

Art therapist Emma Finch talks to the Brainwaves team about art therapy and how art can be used as a way of expressing the experience of mental illness. Emma also talks about The Black Dog Art Exhibition which is running from Friday 30th September to Satruday 1st October 2016. This exhibition uses the creative therapies to explore what it is like to live with mental health issues as the “elephant...