MHPN Presents
Welcome to MHPN’s inaugural podcast which explores wellbeing and mental health. Listen to engaging conversations between mental health practitioners, as they reflect on a variety of topics related to mental wellbeing, interdisciplinary practice, and collaborative care. Subscribe to stay up to date.
Episodes
84 episodes
In The First Person… Living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
In this episode, Jessica Birch speaks to clinical social worker Prue Walker and shares her lived experience with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). She reflects on her personal journey, the stigma encountered surrounding FASD, and how an ...
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Episode 80
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42:20
A Conversation About… Alcohol, Pregnancy and FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is a condition that often goes undiagnosed, yet understanding it is vital for providing the right support. In this episode, Dr Hester Wilson, GP and addiction specialist, speaks to clinical p...
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Episode 79
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44:28
A Conversation About… Multidisciplinary Care: Rhetoric or Reality?
In this episode, Dr Radhika Santhanam-Martin speaks with Dr Elly Scrine and Summayyah Olawunmi Sadiq-Ojibara to explore the complex realities practitioners face in delivering multidisciplinary care. They discuss the barriers, professional tensi...
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Episode 78
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35:50
In the First Person… Improving the physical health of people living with mental illness
Content warning: This episode contains discussions of childhood sexual abuse which may be distressing for some listeners.Mental and physical health are deeply connected, yet they are often treated separately in healthcare.J...
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Episode 79
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31:32
In the First Person: A First Responder’s Road to Recovery
Content warning: This episode discusses themes of suicidal ideation.In this episode, former Victoria Police Officer Tim Peck opens up about his personal struggles with mental health and addiction, offering an honest look at the hi...
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Episode 78
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36:14
A Conversation About … Building Engagement and Trust through Communication
In this episode, Victoria Erskine (Communication Lead, Equally Well Australia) and Christine Kaine (Operations Manager, Lived Experience Australia) discuss the unique challenges of communicating in large, multidisciplinary teams, where diverse ...
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Episode 77
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35:20
A Conversation About… The Nexus between Violence and Mental Health
In this episode, Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Kate Roberts joins Neil Cole to discuss the complex relationship between mental health issues and violent behaviour. They explore how individuals with mental illnesses, especially those with schizophren...
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Episode 76
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32:29
In Conversation With... Associate Professor Shuichi Suetani and Emeritus Professor Sid Bloch - Defining Moments from Sid's Psychiatric Career
In this episode, Associate Professor Shuichi Suetani is joined by Emeritus Professor and renowned psychiatrist Sidney Bloch to discuss key moments from Sid’s distinguished career and the historical advancements in understanding mental health. T...
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Episode 75
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33:14
A Conversation About… Deep Listening and Suicidal Suffering
In this episode, Professor Nicholas Procter (Professor and Chair, Mental Health Nursing) and Dr Conrad Newman (psychiatrist and PhD candidate) discuss the complexities of suicidal suffering. They explore the crucial role of deep listening in me...
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Episode 74
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32:32
A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: When Practitioners’ Moral Codes are Challenged
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation with various GPs about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care.In the final episode, they chat...
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Episode 73
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48:47
A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: Working with the Inexplicable
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care.In episode two, they explore the challenges of p...
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Episode 72
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41:28
A Conversation About… Health in all its Complexity: Systems of Care
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation with various GPs about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care. In episode one, May and L...
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Episode 71
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43:39
Book Club: Developing a Shared Understanding with Konrad Michel’s ‘The Suicidal Person’
Content warning: This episode discusses suicidality.Join Professor Nicholas Procter (Professor and Chair, Mental Health Nursing) and Dr Conrad Newman (psychiatrist and PhD candidate) for this episode of Book Club, where they disc...
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Episode 70
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33:01
Creative Arts Therapies: NEW series on Mental Health In Focus
We’ve just released the first episode of our new partnership podcast series: Creative Arts Therapies, on Mental Health In Focus.This four-part series is produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Ther...
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In The First Person: Anxiety, Depression and Art Therapy
In this episode of In The First Person, Trent McWhinney: a creative arts therapist, shares his personal story of anxiety and depression.In conversation with Professor Mark Creamer, Trent talks about the various interventions he’s tried a...
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Episode 69
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26:58
A Conversation About… Creative Arts Therapy
You’ve likely heard of Creative Arts Therapy, but how much do you really know about it as a mental health profession?Join clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, as he sits down with Dr Kate Dempsey, CEO of ANZACATA: the peak prof...
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Episode 68
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28:04
A Conversation About… Schizophrenia, Quality of Life and Performing Arts
Tune in as Professor Mark Creamer (clinical psychologist) and Neil Cole (consumer consultant, mental health advocate, writer and playwright) talk about supporting people living with schizophrenia and psychosis.Their wide-ranging conversa...
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Episode 67
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27:08
A Conversation About… Journalism and Mental Health
Content warning: This episode discusses both hypothetical and real-life traumatic events, including the NSW Bondi Junction shopping centre attack in April 2024.If your client came to you and said, “I've been asked to tell my stor...
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Episode 66
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32:17
In The First Person: Living with Bipolar
Content warning: This episode discusses themes of suicidal ideation and thoughts of harm to others. Many people may have preconceived ideas about the ‘highs and lows’ of bipolar disorder, but what is it really like to live with i...
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Episode 65
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28:02
A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: Treating Anger
How can practitioners support individuals to reduce the impact of problematic anger?In the final episode of this three-part series, Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Mental Health Social Worker, Michel...
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Episode 64
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32:55
A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: Why Do People Get Angry?
Tune in as Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Professor of Clinical Psychology, Glen Bates, to investigate the breadth of reasons people experience anger.Drawing on the literature, they explore the fact...
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Episode 63
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32:39
A Conversation About… Anger and Mental Health: The Nature of Anger
Anger can affect many aspects of life, even as mundane as waiting in line at the grocery store. But what is anger, really?In this episode, Clinical Psychologists Mark Creamer and Dr Tony McHugh are joined by Senior Scientist at the Cent...
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Episode 62
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32:16
In The First Person: Suicidality and Bereavement
Join Lived Experience Practitioners India Guerrieri and Julie Rickard as they share their respective stories of a suicide attempt and suicide bereavement.Throughout their open, honest and candid conversation, India and Julie explore the...
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Episode 61
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35:41
A Conversation About… Suicide: Combatting the Silence
“So many people fall into the trap of wanting to ignore that this is happening at all to somebody.” - Jesse SheersIn this episode, lived-experience practitioners Jesse Sheers, India Guerrieri and Julie Rickard speak about the i...
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Episode 60
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34:05
A Conversation About... Mental Health and Music Therapy: Therapeutic Outcomes
Music therapy has the potential to help people both feel better and get better. In the final episode of this music therapy series, our host Clinical Psychologist Professor Mark Creamer, and Registered Music Therapists: Dr Jason Kenner a...
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Episode 59
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