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Schizophrenia Awareness Week Schizophrenia Awareness Week aims to educate and reduce stigma surrounding schizophrenia. There are still many misconceptions about schizophrenia and it continues to be a mental health challenge that is rarely spoken about. Often, someone with schizophrenia is portrayed in the media and through film and television as dangerous or violent, however, thisRead more

Solutions Over Supper: The People Who Matter to Us Have you used a mental health service and wanted support from the people in your life who are close to you but felt concerned about losing your privacy and control when information about you is shared with others? Are you supporting someone using mental health services but you’veRead more

Have Your Say: Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote WA People in rural and remote areas tell us that they can’t always access the mental health services they need. We want to take your voices to Canberra in a submission to the inquiry into the Accessibility and quality of mental health services in ruralRead more

‘Good Healing Place’ by local artist Nerolie Bynder Blurton Good Healing Place Recently HelpingMinds® engaged with local Aboriginal artist and proud Badimia, Yamaji, Noongar women, Nerolie Bynder Blurton, to create a piece of work for our organisation. Nerolie far exceeded our expectations with this beautiful piece which will play an important part in HelpingMinds® branding.Read more

Alternatives to Suicide Alternatives to Suicide is an innovative peer-led suicide prevention approach from the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community (WMRLC) in the USA. The WA Steering Committee is pleased to bring Sera Davidow and Caroline Mazel-Carlton to Perth to follow up presentations previously made in Perth in February 2017. WMRLC creates conditions that supportRead more

Feeling Safe Back at Home Paid opportunity: Improving discharge and follow up processes in Western Australia for people who have attempted suicide, their carers, supporters and family. Have you, or someone you support, used a mental health service in the metropolitan area in the past few years following a suicide attempt? Do you have practicalRead more

Raising Resilient Children With mental health problems on the rise, it is important that parents and families are given the knowledge and tools to recognise if their child is experiencing mental health problems, what to do about it and how to raise resilient children. Approximately 50% of mental health conditions occurring before the age ofRead more

Make It Your Job to Stay Well At Work Returning to work after the holiday break can be stressful and overwhelming, but it doesn’t need to be! There are things we can do in the workplace to improve our mental health. Have a read through our top 10 tips for a mentally healthy workplace. 1.Read more

School Holiday Workshops – January 2018 Looking for something fun and informative to do this summer? Then why not join HelpingMinds® for our January 2018 School Holiday Workshops! We have a range of workshops available throughout Perth for various age groups. The workshops are fun and entertaining, but also focus on mental health, wellbeing andRead more

COPMI WA Living with and caring for someone experiencing mental health challenges can be very difficult, especially for children that may not yet fully understand what their mums or dads are going through. To emotionally, mentally and physically help children in these challenging times, COPMI was created as a national initiative funded by the AustralianRead more