“Suicide prevention is everyone’s business”: new podcast
Eight Australians die every day by suicide. Rowena Saheb is trying to stop that.
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Mental Health
New leisure hub to accelerate mental health consumers’ recovery
Cumberland Hospital has a new centre for therapeutic activities to aid and support treatment for mental health consumers.
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Seeing past stigma to help Drug Health clients think clearly
Neuropsychologists help clients understand their own cognitive ability and access the support they need.
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Mental health support from those who’ve been there
Peer workers are staff with lived experience of mental illness, here to help consumers and colleagues.
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Community living made easier for mental health patients
A program to help mental health patients get back into the community picked up a gong at our 2020 Quality Awards.
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Spirited team jumps in to STEPtember charity for cerebral palsy
Eager to move together for cerebral palsy, staff from various departments across the district have donned their walking shoes, limbered up and hit “go” on their FitBits.
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Western Sydney supports travellers in quarantine with mental health and interpreting
Health care interpreters have been providing 190 sessions a day.
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Expert shares COVID-19 mental health advice
Our latest podcast episode features the director of mental health services in Western Sydney.
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Drop-in centres, ward visits and mindfulness: supporting our heroes through COVID-19
Ward visits, virtual coaching and mindfulness sessions are just some of the ways Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSHLD) People
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The surprising truth about COVID-19 and OCD
The pandemic will be a difficult time for many, especially those prone to anxiety.
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