Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association Inc.

New year, new opportunities, and endless reasons to smile! Wishing you a year filled with happiness, peace, and all the good things. 🎆❇️🤩 Wishing you a Happy 2025 from the team here at ANZMHA!🎉🌟

We have 3 x $5000 ANZMHA Study Grants to give away in 2025 - Applications NOW OPEN! If you're a student enrolling (or already enrolled) in a course that leads to a #mentalhealth qualification (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Bachelor's Degree) then you are eligible to apply for one of two $5000 study grants given away by ANZMHA. This grant will help to take the load off your tuition fees & let you continue your studies will less financial pressure. Applications close late February so please Apply Now! https://hubs.li/Q0306YQd0 (Note: The Study Grants are available for Australian and New Zealand permanent residents and citizens only). For more information, please click here: https://hubs.li/Q0306YQd0 #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthsystem #studymentalhealth #mentalhealthstuden #mentalhealthstudy #studygrant #mentalhealthstudygrant

It is that time of year again! We would like to wish you an amazing festive season from the ANZMHA team🎅 Stay safe & remember: If you're on holidays, take time out for yourself.

Ari Peach (Surf Life Saving New Zealand) spoke at the 2024 Frontline Mental Health Conference, about "Developing a Peer Support Program to Support Surf Lifeguards in New Zealand". Each year, the Frontline Mental Health Conference brings together some of the country's most dedicated sector leaders, frontline workers, mental health professionals and service providers in the one place for two big days of learning, listening, strategising and conceptualising the future of frontline mental health. Discover what we will be talking about this year at #FMHC25: https://hubs.li/Q02_253j0 #emergencymanagement #emergencyplanning #preparedness #firstresponse #firstresponders #frontlinementalhealth #firstresponse #mentalhealth #essentialworkers

CSU are conducting a survey to understand the barriers & challenges experienced by people with a mental health condition or those supporting them when accessing physical health care services, & how a physical health care navigator can be designed to alleviate them. We are interested in surveying those with a lived experience of a mental health condition, their carers, & mental health professionals & service providers. You can find out more about this study by reading the information sheet by clicking here: https://hubs.li/Q02_RWb_0 #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthsystem #mentalhealthtreatment #livedexperience #mentalhealthcrisis #mentalillness #anxiety #depression #stress #ptsd

Alexander Dalton (Orygen) spoke at the 2024 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, presenting "From Theory to Practice: How Young People Can Be Meaningfully and Authentically Engaged in Research as Partners From a Lived Experience Perspective". Each year, the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference brings together an incredible selection of sector leaders, professionals, practitioners, victim-survivors & lived experience, gathering for 3 days of intentional sharing & learning. Discover what we will be talking about this year at #CAMH25: https://hubs.li/Q02ZWVz90 #mentalhealth #childmentalhealth #adolescentmentalhealth #CAMH #anxiety #depression #stress #ptsd #youthmentalhealth

A team of researchers found that spending two hours a week of class time in a natural environment can reduce emotional distress among 10- to 12-year-olds. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02ZQwg_0 #mentalhealth #childmentalhealth #adolescentmentalhealth #CAMH #anxiety #depression #stress #ptsd #youthmentalhealth

Olivia Morgan (Charles Sturt University) spoke at the 2024 Frontline Mental Health Conference, about "Wellbeing Preparation for Paramedic Students". Each year, the Frontline Mental Health Conference brings together some of the country's most dedicated sector leaders, frontline workers, mental health professionals and service providers in the one place for two big days of learning, listening, strategising and conceptualising the future of frontline mental health. Discover what we will be talking about this year at #FMHC25: https://hubs.li/Q02_23jC0 #emergencymanagement #emergencyplanning #preparedness #firstresponse #firstresponders #frontlinementalhealth #firstresponse #mentalhealth #essentialworkers

Laura Boscaglia (Headspace) spoke at the 2024 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, presenting "Better Together: Reflections from a Project Embedding Cultural Responsiveness at a Youth Mental Health Service". Each year, the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference brings together an incredible selection of sector leaders, professionals, practitioners, victim-survivors & lived experience, gathering for 3 days of intentional sharing & learning. Discover what we will be talking about this year at #CAMH25: https://hubs.li/Q02_0Tpt0 #mentalhealth #childmentalhealth #adolescentmentalhealth #CAMH #anxiety #depression #stress #ptsd #youthmentalhealth

The major biomedical research model has changed drastically over the past 50 years. Academic-based scientists have been largely replaced by commercial research organisations & the pursuit of profit seems to have replaced the pursuit of knowledge... Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02ZQwhZ0 #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthsystem #mentalhealthtreatment #livedexperience #mentalhealthcrisis #mentalillness