Call for provisionally registered (internship) psychologists to become part of the mental health workforce COVID response abc.net.au/news/2021-08-1…

Things of the mind to consider with your post lockdown exercise regime... smh.com.au/lifestyle/heal…

The British Psychological Society has just made a public statement in response to a new study suggesting antidepressants might be largely ineffective... bps.org.uk/news-and-polic…

Interesting article highlighting the tension & distress of moral/ethical dilemmas we've all had to face through this pandemic, "... political decision-making is unavoidably informed by value judgements about fairness, life, rights, safety and freedom." theconversation.com/has-the-pandem…

World Health Organisation sending out a wake-up call to all countries as the pandemic triggers a 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide. who.int/news/item/02-0…

Department of Health Minister Greg Hunt: One Telehealth Medicare Rebate for all Psychologists - Sign the Petition! chng.it/j6nZM9br via Change.org Australia

New Data from WHO - Geneva 5th May 2022 - full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (“excess mortality”) between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million). who.int/data/stories/g…

Latest data - Mental and behavioural health conditions were the most prevalent chronic conditions experienced in Australia in 2020-21 (20.1% of the population) abs.gov.au/statistics/hea…

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Today we have recorded 1,631 new COVID-19 cases. Sadly, we have reported 15 deaths in the past 24 hours. Full details ➡️qld.gov.au/health/conditi…

Foundations In Sport Psychology - Online Webinar Professional Development - High Performance Mindsets - Watch the intro video and click on the link to check out the content and sign up for the self paced online training. cmjacademy.pathwright.com/library/founda…

"Seeing a psychologist on Medicare? Soon you'll be back 10 sessions. But we know that's often not enough" So how scientifically sound is the 'magic' number of 10 mental health treatment sessions? Can we trust the Government's judgement on this? abc.net.au/news/2022-12-1…

Great example of the intuitive art of visualisation explained by a gun bass player who knows it well but hasn't 'read the book'. Intrinsically motivated to mentally rehearse melodic scale notation to enhance performance and, well, because it's fun! youtube.com/shorts/mI9iRDA…

Sherry and leftover pudding mix baked like a muffin... a 'pudding muffin' ... 'puffin' or 'mudding' ...?

"Clearly, there is a lack of capacity in the mental health care system... Instead of facing the realities that underpin these facts, Labor has chosen austerity — and attempted to justify it, as though cuts are somehow egalitarian." Anthony Albanese Mark Butler MP jacobin.com/2022/12/austra…

Opinion Piece by Carly Dober and Bronwyn Milkins, AAPi Directors In response to Professor Ian Hickie’s piece in The Guardian 9/01/2023, we at the Australian Association of Psychologists Incorporated take issue with many of the points he has raised: ow.ly/5hEP50MpJR5

A case study I wrote - Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotion and conduct - on the treatment process applied with a professional athlete to address difficulties they faced adjusting to a debilitating injury. taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

Self Determination: The X Factor In High Performance drclivepsychology.org/2023/02/01/sel…

Exercise & Mental Health drclivepsychology.org/2023/02/07/exe…

Fighting inflation through domestic homeowner interest rate rises is a blunt instrument void of insight or foresight into the nuances of influence. So how about instead, economic ingenuity to correlate with one's pay grade Anthony Albanese Jim Chalmers MP Adam Bandt abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…