Mental Health in Practice
Practical conversations about mental health care across Australia’s health system.
Mental Health in Practice is a podcast for health professionals working across the mental health system, featuring conversations grounded in real-world experience.
Each episode brings together perspectives from clinical practice, research, and sector expertise to explore contemporary mental health care.
The show focuses on what thoughtful, collaborative care looks like in practice – and how professionals across disciplines can better support mental health outcomes for Australians.
Mental Health in Practice
In Conversation With... Associate Professor Shuichi Suetani and Emeritus Professor Sid Bloch
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What inspires and sustains the work of accomplished psychiatrist Sid Block, in his ‘lifelong endeavour’ to navigate the complexities of psychiatric practice, and how it has changed over the decades?
This episode of In Conversation With… features early-career psychiatrist Shuichi Suetani ‘picking the brain’ of late-career psychiatrist Sid Bloch - to discover what has supported and inspired Sid in his long, esteemed psychiatry career, and what advice he has for practitioners entering the field.
Learn how Sid’s three pronged ‘triangle’ framework of science, art and ethics helps him to better understand mental health and wellbeing.
From Aristotle to Spike Milligan to Franz Schubert, tune in to find out how and why Sid’s ‘triangle’ might inspire you in your mental health practice.
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