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Hierarchy and egalitarianism

Wellbeing / BY Ivan Yeo

Hierarchy and egalitarianism

4 min read

Mental health leader Ivan Yeo explores how without recognising how culture shapes values and behaviour, it is easy to misinterpret people’s actions

Rethinking connection

Systems Change / BY Fionna Sutherland

Rethinking connection

4 min read

Fianna Sutherland celebrates TheMHS Brisbane and says connection isn’t just a theme for a conference. It’s a practice.

Housing, Human Rights, Healing

Systems Change / BY Simon Katterl

Housing, Human Rights, Healing

5 min read

Simon Katterl CEO Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland says human rights are not an add-on to mental health. They are mental health.

Rural Australia needs peer

Systems Change / BY Simon Kozak Editor

Rural Australia needs peer

4 min read

We caught up with Dr Belinda Fuss who observes -the challenge that the rural system isn’t built to allow for flexibility. It relies almost entirely on medical models and GP-based access points.

You’re the voice!

Innovation / BY Professor Neil Thomas

You’re the voice!

4 min read

Professor Neil Thomas,Swinburne University of Technology presents an advance in therapy using avatars to represent voices.It is being trialled across Australia and NZ.

eMHIC25: Building the future of mental health, together

Innovation / BY Nicky White

eMHIC25: Building the future of mental health, together

4 min read

Marketing Lead Nicky White on how eMHIC 25 in Toronto is building the future of mental health, together

TheMHS Conference 2025

Perspective / BY Rob Warriner

TheMHS Conference 2025

4 min read

Retired CEO Rob Warriner says conference attendance is a strategic investment and essential for organisations with a forward-thinking strategy

HORIZON is eMHIC media partner - Toronto Nov 19-21

Perspective / BY Simon Kozak Editor

HORIZON is eMHIC media partner - Toronto Nov 19-21

1 min read

From 19–21 November 2025, Toronto, Canada, will become the global epicentre of digital mental health thought leadership.HORIZON is the media partner.

The Hidden Backbone of Mental Health Care

Opinion / BY Irene Clelland

The Hidden Backbone of Mental Health Care

4 min read

Irene Clelland, CEO, Arafmi Queensland reveals that unpaid mental health carers, contribute around 13.4 billion AUD in unpaid care each year

Sept drop - available now

BY Simon Kozak Editor

Sept drop - available now

1 min read

The adverse impacts on mental health and addiction of racism, 501 discrimination and harmful diet culture. The role and rise of te ao Māori

Wellbeing / BY Dr Cheryl Buhay

Overlooked

3 min read

Pathway's Dr Cheryl Buhay on how diagnostic overshadowing means that healthcare providers might attribute a person's experience to their mental health or substance use issues, rather than looking at what else their ailment could possibly be, including physical causes.

Fast-Tracking Pacific Voices Can Transform Workforces

Wellbeing / BY Edith Moore DRIVE

Fast-Tracking Pacific Voices Can Transform Workforces

3 min read

Edith Moore addresses how Pacific people in recovery were being fast-tracked into roles before they were ready.Fast-tracking without mentoring wasn’t helping — it was harming.

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

Systems Change / BY Dr Eve Hermansson-Webb

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

6 min read

Dr Eve Hermansson knows eating disorders don’t happen in isolation — they grow out of a culture obsessed with thinness. Recovery is always possible, but prevention is crucial. We can all help shift the messages we consume, the words we use, and the way we treat our bodies.

High- and low-context communication

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

High- and low-context communication

3 min read

Ivan Yeo, challenges us to listen carefully, to broader context being shared it often contains real clues to how Asians and Maori understand their wellbeing.

Why We Need a Smartphone-Free Childhood

Innovation / BY Katrina Colombié

Why We Need a Smartphone-Free Childhood

6 min read

Katrina Colombie, founder Smartphone Free Childhood NZ writes like many parents, I felt I was watching a generation being rewired before my eyes—and no one seemed to know what to do about it.

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