The Assessment:
Useful resources:
Physical Activity:
iView: How to Live younger (3 part series - Part 1: Fit is all about the benefits of exercise)
Healthdirect: Exercise and mental health
NewsGP: Regular exercise can improve brain function by up to 15%
Better Health Channel: Exercise and mental health
Black Dog Institute: Exercise and depression
Healthdirect: Exercise and mental health
NewsGP: Regular exercise can improve brain function by up to 15%
Better Health Channel: Exercise and mental health
Black Dog Institute: Exercise and depression
Mindfulness:
Catalyst: The mindfulness experiment (Duration 58:20)
Health direct: Mindfulness
MensLine Australia: What is mindfulness?
Headspace: 6 ways to practice mindfulness
Beyond Blue: Mindfulness - Make sure to scroll to the bottom for other useful links (eg benefits/ extra links etc)
Health direct: Mindfulness
MensLine Australia: What is mindfulness?
Headspace: 6 ways to practice mindfulness
Beyond Blue: Mindfulness - Make sure to scroll to the bottom for other useful links (eg benefits/ extra links etc)
Diet and Nutrition:
Healthdirect: Food, drink and mental health
Headspace: Eating well for a healthy headspace
Harvard Health Publishing: Nutritional psychiatry - your brain on food
Nutrition Australia: Nutrition and food - What's the connection?
Beyond Blue: Eating well
Headspace: Eating well for a healthy headspace
Harvard Health Publishing: Nutritional psychiatry - your brain on food
Nutrition Australia: Nutrition and food - What's the connection?
Beyond Blue: Eating well
Sleep:
Beyond Blue: Sleep and Mental Health - Don't forget you can use the links on the right of the page to jump to sections that may also be of interest (eg How to improve your sleep/ benefits of sleep etc)
Northamptonshire Healthcare:How to sleep well (YouTube clip 8:22 min)
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Teenagers and sleep- How much sleep is enough?
Child Mind Institute: How to help teenagers get more sleep - Make sure to look for the menu on the right that has other related and useful articles (will pop up one you start scrolling down the page)
Raisingchildren.net.au: Sleep and teenagers - 12-18 years
Northamptonshire Healthcare:How to sleep well (YouTube clip 8:22 min)
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Teenagers and sleep- How much sleep is enough?
Child Mind Institute: How to help teenagers get more sleep - Make sure to look for the menu on the right that has other related and useful articles (will pop up one you start scrolling down the page)
Raisingchildren.net.au: Sleep and teenagers - 12-18 years
Art therapy:
Department of Health WA: Art therapy for mental health recovery
Institute for Safety, Compensation and recovery research: Clinical effectiveness and current practice of art therapy for trauma
Gateway to mental health services: Creativity and recovery - The mental health benefits of art therapy
Michigan State University: The benefits art therapy can have on mental and physical health
Institute for Safety, Compensation and recovery research: Clinical effectiveness and current practice of art therapy for trauma
Gateway to mental health services: Creativity and recovery - The mental health benefits of art therapy
Michigan State University: The benefits art therapy can have on mental and physical health
Social support: (hint - think about non government organisations, community groups and relationships that can support young peoples mental health)
MensLine Australia: The power of a good support network
BetterHealth Channel: Support groups
Headspace: Get support
Kidshelpline: Any time, any reason
Beyone Blue
Sane Australia
Reach out
BetterHealth Channel: Support groups
Headspace: Get support
Kidshelpline: Any time, any reason
Beyone Blue
Sane Australia
Reach out