May is Schizophrenia Awareness month, which is a good time to be reminded what schizophrenia is (and more importantly!) what it is not. Over decades, inaccurate news reporting and film and literature stereotyping have given the general community a distorted understanding of schizophrenia, a disorder...
May 17 is the International Day against the prejudices of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. The word phobia simply means fear. It is the uncontrollable, irrational, and lasting fear of a certain object, situation, persons or activity. This fear can be so overwhelming that a person may go...
Mother's Day is an annual holiday celebrated to honour and appreciate mothers and motherhood. It is typically observed on the second Sunday in May in more than 40 countries around the world. Mother's Day is a day to show gratitude and appreciation for all that...
As we enter Endometriosis Awareness Month, it would be a good idea to shed some light on endometriosis and its effect on mental health in women. Endometriosis is characterised by the growth of uterine cells which form outside the uterus wall, causing varying levels of inflammation....
Emotional Labour is not a new term. Arlie Hochschild, a sociologist, first introduced the term in 1983 in his book The Managed Heart. It refers to labour undertaken in workplaces and domestic life involving the management of emotional expression. Hochschild argued emotional labour had a...
Bullying is a persistent and deliberate behaviour in which an individual or a group of individuals intentionally hurt, harm, or intimidate another individual who is perceived as weaker or vulnerable. Bullying may take many forms such as physical, verbal, social, or cyberbullying. For example, a...
Women and gender diverse people experience chronic illness and mental health issues different from men. These differences are linked to: Gender bias experienced from childhoods, through education and in workplaces Sexism Gender based violence, both in the personal (domestic and intimate partner violence) and public...
Narrative therapy is a relatively young approach to therapy. It was developed in the 1980’s by Michael White, a social worker from Adelaide and David Epston, a social worker and anthropologist from New Zealand. As they were both working with families at the time, narrative...
Remember those 2023 resolutions you made back in December? You may have completely forgotten them. Or maybe you are holding strong? Or perhaps are struggling against the odds to keep the promise to definitely start reading more books this year. Wherever you are with that,...
While often taken for granted, small acts of kindness can have a positive impact on the wellbeing of yourself and others, and can ripple out to the wider community. Kindness is the act of being considerate, helpful or generous to others. For both the giver and...