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This is how it feels

Innovation / BY Heidi McIlroy

This is how it feels

4 min read

Dr Heidi McIlroy writes "beliefs can become far more damaging than the distress itself. I wanted to create something that challenged that."

New focus, early intervention

Innovation / BY Kimberley de Jardine

New focus, early intervention

1 min read

Online therapy platform, Just a Thought, is making it easier for Kiwis to look after their mental health, with the launch of two new free courses: Coping with Stress and Just a Pause – Intro to Mindfulness.

Leave no-one behind

Innovation / BY Maraea Johns

Leave no-one behind

3 min read

The challenge is delivering a healthcare vision, at pace and at scale, to this who need it most

The hidden cost of caring

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

The hidden cost of caring

4 min read

What happens over time, when doing the work turns into carrying the work?

A different front door

Innovation / BY Danny McCulloch

A different front door

6 min read

Danny McCulloch takes us through the success that is the Urgent Mental Health Care Centre in Adelaide.

Story tellers

Innovation / BY Anna Ashton

Story tellers

4 min read

Anna Ashton on how the book Ō Mātou Kōrero, Our Stories of First Episode Psychosis supports whaiora through psychosis

Recovery Revival

Innovation / BY Jessica Emily

Recovery Revival

3 min read

Jessica, Founder of Recovery Revival writes : I believe too many people are handed a story about their future that focuses entirely on limitation rather than possibility.

Technology wins out

Innovation / BY Anil Thapliyal

Technology wins out

5 min read

Recently eMHIC convened a high-level gathering, "Transforming Mental Healthcare with Technology," to formally launch two major initiatives designed to strengthen mental health response in humanitarian settings.

The year that's been

Innovation / BY Tuihana Ohia

The year that's been

3 min read

Tuihana Ohio reveals Moemoeā - A Space for Connection, Creativity and Wellbeing

Loneliness as a health risk

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

Loneliness as a health risk

5 min read

The role of social prescribing in supporting whole-of-person wellbeing

Task vs relationship across cultures

Innovation / BY Ivan Yeo

Task vs relationship across cultures

3 min read

Ivan Yeo asks which comes first trust or relationships, what does the answer mean for mental health?

AI , no Mr Fix it

Innovation / BY Frank Lorfino

AI , no Mr Fix it

3 min read

What are the parts of mental health care that require humans, and what are the parts that technology can do better? If we get that balance right, we improve care. If we get it wrong, we undermine it

SafeWatch

Innovation / BY Shane Muller

SafeWatch

4 min read

When it comes to technology and mental health, there is a line we cannot cross.Human relationships must come first.

More resilient communities

Innovation / BY Rob Warriner

More resilient communities

6 min read

Rob Warriner states the case for community based NGOs

Sonder welcomes Ember

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

Sonder welcomes Ember

2 min read

As a thought partner to Sonder, Ember will play a key role in guiding Crisis Stabilisation in Australia.

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