Minding Your Mind

When two people with kids from previous relationships get together, how does it all work? How do you suddenly become a step-parent? What happens when a child resents the arrival of a step-parent, or when step-siblings don’t get on?

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover. 

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

What are the best ways of encouraging people to be more aware of their mental health? How can we learn to monitor and take care of our mental health? What works and what doesn’t?

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

Some with mental illness may need medication for a long time. If the medication has adverse side effects, how do you trade that off against the benefits? How do you know how much of a difference the medication is making? When should you experiment with withdrawing from medication?

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global. 

Can being exposed to traumatic and adverse events – abuse, poverty, violence, natural disasters or forcible separation from family – affect some so deeply that adverse effects are passed on to their children?

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

We all lie. Why? To protect the feelings of others, to make people think better of us, to improve a story. But is the line between truth and lie as clear as we think?

If you have any questions or comments email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover. 

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

What are dysfunctional, co-dependent and toxic relationships? How can being in these relationships affect our mental health? How do you know if you are in one? What should you do if you are?

If you have any questions or comments email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

Many find it hard to access specialised care from psychologists and psychiatrists. Others are sceptical about the benefits of seeing a specialist. Who needs to see a specialist? What benefits can they  provide? How can we organise health care to best respond to the surge in demand for specialists? 

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

When a relationship ends, it’s a difficult and challenging time that can test our mental health. What is the best way to get through it?

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

Ian is joined by Professor Joe Takahashi, a world expert in how the human body clock works and its implications for our health, mental health and successful ageing. 

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover. 

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.

We tend to think of treatments for bipolar and mood disorders as being mainly medicine based. But our guest, Dr Jan Scott, believes that those with bipolar and mood disorders can greatly benefit from learning and using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy strategies.

If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at [email protected] . Let them know any other topics you’d like them to cover.

To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at www.headtohealth.gov.au , Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue.org.au , Lifeline at www.lifeline.org.au or on 13 11 14 and www.headspace.com . Thanks to Future Generation Global.