When it comes to addiction rehabilitation, family and loved ones can be the difference between success and disappointment. Exactly how we involve and include families in the recovery process is key, says psychologist Jane Enter. It’s often said that addiction is a family affair. The heartbreak and devastation an addiction can wreak is not limited […]
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Playing the Mental Health Card
It’s easy to be cynical when a high-profile person cites ‘mental health issues’ as a seemingly convenient excuse for poor behaviour. But psychologists say there is room for both empathy and accountability and are calling on organisations to have meaningful preventative measures in place for high performers. WHEN former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro cited […]
How do you catch a falling star?
Mark Morrissey, talent agent representing artists including Chris Hemsworth and Delta Goodrem says the public may not realise how fragile actors and performers are. Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger says if success and fame happen quickly to a person and they don’t have a solid network, its easy for an artist to “lose their way”. Psychologist […]
Calm through the storm
When a senior executive is experiencing a physical or psychological episode, it generally isn’t a change in productivity that is first noticed by others, as close tabs typically aren’t kept on someone senior. The earliest cracks that appear in their wellbeing are personality changes — such as increased snappiness, keeping the office door shut and […]
Making mental health a family affair
According to the 2017 Growing up in Australia study, 91% of 14-15-year-old girls and 81% of 14-15-year-old boys say they’ve had an emotional or personal problem within the previous 12 months. Most said they turned to family and friends for help with the study confirming teens with a higher level of social support from friends […]
Time to Change
Change is rarely easy. When you’re stuck in a pattern and feel you’ve lost control, it can be difficult to see the way forward. But if the stress of a high-performance career, challenging personal relationships or impaired physical or mental health is holding you back, specialised, compassionate treatment can lead you towards meaningful transformation. “Most […]
When a harmless habit becomes a problematic vice
Many of us reach for a glass of wine, maybe two, at the end of the day, as a way of coping with stress; a way to take the pressure down a couple of notches. But how do you know when that glass of wine, or something else, is doing you more harm than good […]
Positive masculinity
IT’S so predictable. Every other week we turn on the television and there he is, another tearful, high profile sportsman, politician or businessman apologising for his appalling behaviour. Sometimes it’s a an on-field punch up, other times a drunken grope of a female colleague, worse still an episode of domestic violence. Tragically, according to statistics, […]
Q&A: The Critical Inner Voice
That nagging voice inside your head that tells you you’re not good enough, or worse? It’s called the critical inner voice, an integrated pattern of destructive thoughts toward yourself and others, and it can lead to significant mental health conditions. Raindrum’s clinical director Jane Enter explains. What is the Critical Inner Voice? It’s the voice […]
Changing your genes
Once medical scientists believed that it was only our genes that controlled how our DNA is interpreted. But the fast-moving science of epigenetics is changing a lot of preconceptions about gene expression. According to the Australian Academy of Science, epigenetics is “an additional layer of instructions that lies on top of DNA, controlling how the […]