Get Real: Talking mental health & disability
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago -Get Real presents frank and fearless conversations about mental health and disability, including people with lived experience, frontline workers in the sector, as well as policymakers and advocates. Get Real is produced and hosted by Emily Webb and co-hosted by Karenza Louis-Smith on behalf of ermha365 Complex Mental Health and Disability Services provider (https://www.ermha.org/).
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40 years of ermha365 - reflections and celebrations
May 03, 2022 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBSend us a Text Message. 2022 sees complex mental health and disability services provider ermha365 turn 40! ermha365 produces this podcast. We wanted to reflect on and recognise how ermha365 has grown over these four decades in Victoria and beyond, supporting people with complex mental health and disability. Our special guests are two of ermha’s long-standing employees who’ve witnessed – and experienced - how ermha has evolved and adapted, in particular over the past 20 years. Guests: De...
Episode 54: 40 years of ermha365 - reflections and celebrations
May 03, 2022 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MB2022 sees complex mental health and disability services provider ermha365 turn 40! ermha365 produces this podcast. We wanted to reflect on and recognise how ermha365 has grown over these four decades in Victoria and beyond, supporting people with complex mental health and disability. Our special guests are two of ermha’s long-standing employees who’ve witnessed – and experienced - how ermha has evolved and adapted, in particular over the past 20 years. Guests: Dennise Rossetti – who rece...
Episode 53: Lived Experience (Part 22) Dr Fred Moss: flipping his script on how to treat mental health
April 19, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBFor this episode we are talking to Dr Fred Moss, a psychiatrist of more than 30 years who is based in California. He’s consulted, not only with patients, but with other medical professionals, prisons, nursing homes, drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres, shelters and more. He also has extensive experience as an expert witness for court cases. Dr Fred calls himself an “un-diagnosing psychiatrist”, or a "recovering psychiatrist" and we’ll explore what that means with him in this conversati...
Flipping his script on how to treat mental health with Dr Fred Moss
April 19, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBSend us a Text Message. For this episode we are talking to Dr Fred Moss, a psychiatrist of more than 30 years who is based in California. He’s consulted, not only with patients, but with other medical professionals, prisons, nursing homes, drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres, shelters and more. He also has extensive experience as an expert witness for court cases. Dr Fred calls himself an “un-diagnosing psychiatrist”, or a "recovering psychiatrist" and we’ll explore what that means wit...
Healthcare professionals and mental health (Part 2) with Dr Kieran Allen
April 05, 2022 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBSend us a Text Message. LISTENER NOTE: The conversations on this podcast contain discussions of trauma, post traumatic stress, mental health and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. For this episode we talk to Dr Kieran Allen. Kieran is a senior psychiatric registrar in Melbourne and he’s a passionate and prominent advocate for the mental health of healthcare professionals. Kieran’s passion in this space comes from his own experience with his mental health. Kieran first experienced ch...
Healthcare professionals and mental health (Part 2) with Dr Kieran Allen
April 05, 2022 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBLISTENER NOTE: The conversations on this podcast contain discussions of trauma, post traumatic stress, mental health and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. For this episode we talk to Dr Kieran Allen. Kieran is a senior psychiatric registrar in Melbourne and he’s a passionate and prominent advocate for the mental health of healthcare professionals. Kieran’s passion in this space comes from his own experience with his mental health. Kieran first experienced challenges with his mental ...
Episode 52: Lived Experience (Part 21) Dr Kieran Allen - healthcare professionals and mental health (Part 2)
April 05, 2022 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBLISTENER NOTE: The conversations on this podcast contain discussions of trauma, post traumatic stress, mental health and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. For this episode we talk to Dr Kieran Allen. Kieran is a senior psychiatric registrar in Melbourne and he’s a passionate and prominent advocate for the mental health of healthcare professionals. Kieran’s passion in this space comes from his own experience with his mental health. Kieran first experienced challenges with his mental ...
Healthcare professionals and mental health (Part 1) with Heather Pickard
March 21, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we meet Heather Pickard. Heather is the Chief Executive Officer of SHARC - Self Help Addiction Resource Centre, based in Melbourne, which supports people with addiction to alcohol, other drugs and gambling. SHARC has been around for 25 years, founded on the belief that people are experts in their own recovery, and the lived experience of those affected by addiction is central to SHARC’s programs and services. Heather is a registered nurse and after...
Episode 51: Helping healthcare professionals with their mental health (Part 1) - Heather Pickard
March 21, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this episode we meet Heather Pickard. Heather is the Chief Executive Officer of SHARC - Self Help Addiction Resource Centre, based in Melbourne, which supports people with addiction to alcohol, other drugs and gambling. SHARC has been around for 25 years, founded on the belief that people are experts in their own recovery, and the lived experience of those affected by addiction is central to SHARC’s programs and services. Heather is a registered nurse and after working in various roles...
Episode 50 Lived Experience (Part 19) Zoe Simmons – living with chronic pain, surviving a natural disaster and writing to smash stigmas
March 08, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBThis is the nineteenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we are speaking with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. It's also our 50th episode! In this episode of GET REAL we meet Zoe Simmons, a journalist and writer who lives with bipolar, anxiety and chronic pain and speaks candidly about symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which emerged after Zoe s...
Living with chronic pain, surviving a natural disaster and writing to smash stigmas with Zoe Simmons
March 08, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the nineteenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we are speaking with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. It's also our 50th episode! In this episode of GET REAL we meet Zoe Simmons, a journalist and writer who lives with bipolar, anxiety and chronic pain and speaks candidly about symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, ...
Episode 49: Lived Experience (Part 18) Emma Benoit: surviving my suicide attempt as a teenager and what came after
February 22, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBListener note: This episode discusses suicide. If you are affected by anything discussed in this episode contact: Lifeline on 13 11 14 Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA listeners) Samaritans (UK listeners) The Canada Suicide Prevention Service (Canadian listeners) In this episode of GET REAL we meet Emma Benoit, from Louisiana in the United States. At age 16 Emma was a varsity cheerleader for her high school’s top sports teams with...
Surviving my suicide attempt as a teenager and what came after with Emma Benoit
February 22, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Listener note: This episode discusses suicide. If you are affected by anything discussed in this episode contact: Lifeline on 13 11 14 Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA listeners) Samaritans (UK listeners) The Canada Suicide Prevention Service (Canadian listeners) In this episode of GET REAL we meet Emma Benoit, from Louisiana in the United States. At age 16 Emma was a varsity cheerleader for her high schoo...
A retired police officer’s PTSD story with Bob Marmion
February 08, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBThis is the seventeenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we speak with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. In this episode we meet Dr Bob Marmion PhD - a retired police officer, secondary school teacher, historian and author. Bob was a police officer for 15 years, serving in Victoria Police in both uniform and the Criminal Investigation Branch as a detect...
Episode 48: Lived Experience (Part 17) Bob Marmion: A Retired Police Officer’s PTSD Story
February 08, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBThis is the seventeenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we speak with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. In this episode we meet Dr Bob Marmion PhD - a retired police officer, secondary school teacher, historian and author. Bob was a police officer for 15 years, serving in Victoria Police in both uniform and the Criminal Investigation Branch as a detect...
A retired police officer’s PTSD story with Bob Marmion
February 08, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the seventeenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we speak with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. In this episode we meet Dr Bob Marmion PhD - a retired police officer, secondary school teacher, historian and author. Bob was a police officer for 15 years, serving in Victoria Police in both uniform and the Criminal Investi...
Normalising mental health help-seeking (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)
January 26, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Over summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes of 2021. We know from speaking with people for this podcast that seeking help for mental health and finding support is not easy. Whether it’s overcoming personal feelings or negative stereotypes about mental health or actually finding services when and where you need them – it can be a confusing and overwhelming experience. Writer Ruth Clare is passionate about normalising talking about, and see...
GET REAL Summer Series 2022 Episode 4 - Normalising mental health help-seeking
January 26, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBOver summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes of 2021. We know from speaking with people for this podcast that seeking help for mental health and finding support is not easy. Whether it’s overcoming personal feelings or negative stereotypes about mental health or actually finding services when and where you need them – it can be a confusing and overwhelming experience. Writer Ruth Clare is passionate about normalising talking about, and seeking help for mental heal...
Late-diagnosed Autism in women and peer support (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)
January 18, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBSend us a Text Message. Over summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes. Peer support and lived experience is going to be an important way to reform mental health services in Australia, and in Victoria, these changes are already underway. People like Jessie Aiton, who you’ll hear in this episode, have invaluable experience to share, especially about seeking help for mental health and navigating the system. Jessie’s story is about finding help for her mental health th...
GET REAL Summer Series 2022 Episode 3 - late-diagnosed Autism and peer support
January 18, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBOver summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes. Peer support and lived experience is going to be an important way to reform mental health services in Australia, and in Victoria, these changes are already underway. People like Jessie Aiton, who you’ll hear in this episode, have invaluable experience to share, especially about seeking help for mental health and navigating the system. Jessie’s story is about finding help for her mental health that eventually led to an a...
Late-diagnosed Autism in women and peer support (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)
January 18, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBOver summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes. Peer support and lived experience is going to be an important way to reform mental health services in Australia, and in Victoria, these changes are already underway. People like Jessie Aiton, who you’ll hear in this episode, have invaluable experience to share, especially about seeking help for mental health and navigating the system. Jessie’s story is about finding help for her mental health that eventually led to an a...
GET REAL Summer Series 2022 Episode 2 - Mental Health Support for Men
January 11, 2022 17:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBOver summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes. In this episode you'll meet James Harding and Steven Kline from Hard Cuddles, a peer support program which looks holistically at what it means to be a man in today’s society. Through a combination of mentoring and outdoor therapy, James, Steven and their team help men to reconnect with themselves and find ways to overcome the emotional challenges they are facing. James and Steven have overcome huge challenges in their ...
Mental Health Support for Men (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)
January 11, 2022 17:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBOver summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes. In this episode you'll meet James Harding and Steven Kline from Hard Cuddles, a peer support program which looks holistically at what it means to be a man in today’s society. Through a combination of mentoring and outdoor therapy, James, Steven and their team help men to reconnect with themselves and find ways to overcome the emotional challenges they are facing. James and Steven have overcome huge challenges in their ...
Mental Health Support for Men (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)
January 11, 2022 17:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Over summer, we’re revisiting some of our favourite GET REAL episodes. In this episode you'll meet James Harding and Steven Kline from Hard Cuddles, a peer support program which looks holistically at what it means to be a man in today’s society. Through a combination of mentoring and outdoor therapy, James, Steven and their team help men to reconnect with themselves and find ways to overcome the emotional challenges they are facing. James and Steven have overcome ...
GET REAL Summer Series 2022 Episode 1 - Telling your story with Heidi Everett
January 04, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBOver summer, we’re revisiting some GET REAL episodes of 2021. In this episode of GET REAL we meet Heidi Everett, who has lived experience of psychiatric wards and what she describes as living with a “psych reality”. Melbourne-based Heidi is an advocate, writer, poet, producer, performer, public speaker…and that’s not all. She released a powerful debut book in 2021 called My Friend Fox about her experiences. This book goes beyond Heidi’s mental health file and tell in her own words and m...
Telling your lived experience story (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)
January 04, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Over summer, we’re revisiting some GET REAL episodes of 2021. In this episode of GET REAL we meet Heidi Everett, who has lived experience of psychiatric wards and what she describes as living with a “psych reality”. Melbourne-based Heidi is an advocate, writer, poet, producer, performer, public speaker…and that’s not all. She released a powerful debut book in 2021 called My Friend Fox about her experiences. This book goes beyond Heidi’s mental health file and te...
Episode 47: Self-care - what it is and why it is important
December 07, 2021 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBWe’re continuing our conversations about mental health and ways we can take care ourselves, and each other. It’s been quite a year. The COVID-19 pandemic has been draining for people in so many ways and as a consequence of the sudden change to how we have to live our lives and mental health has been at the forefront of a national conversation like never before. This is our final episode for 2021 and we thought it would be timely to talk about self-care – what is self-care? How do we prac...
Self-care - what it is and why it is important
December 07, 2021 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBWe’re continuing our conversations about mental health and ways we can take care ourselves, and each other. It’s been quite a year. The COVID-19 pandemic has been draining for people in so many ways and as a consequence of the sudden change to how we have to live our lives and mental health has been at the forefront of a national conversation like never before. This is our final episode for 2021 and we thought it would be timely to talk about self-care – what is self-care? How do we prac...
Self-care - what it is and why it is important
December 07, 2021 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBSend us a Text Message. We’re continuing our conversations about mental health and ways we can take care ourselves, and each other. It’s been quite a year. The COVID-19 pandemic has been draining for people in so many ways and as a consequence of the sudden change to how we have to live our lives and mental health has been at the forefront of a national conversation like never before. This is our final episode for 2021 and we thought it would be timely to talk about self-care – what is ...
Episode 46: Lived Experience (Part 16) Jill Stark – alcohol, anxiety and mental health
November 23, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBThis is the sixteenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we speak with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. In this episode we meet Jill Stark, a Melbourne-based journalist, best-selling author and mental health advocate. Jill specialises in writing about social justice, mental health and health issues affecting Australians including the nation’s binge drin...
Alcohol, anxiety and mental health with Jill Stark
November 23, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the sixteenth episode in our Lived Experience series, where we speak with some remarkable people who have experienced and overcome adversity, and who are sharing their stories in a way that might help other people in need of support. In this episode we meet Jill Stark, a Melbourne-based journalist, best-selling author and mental health advocate. Jill specialises in writing about social justice, mental health and health issues affecting Australians includin...
Episode 45: Pressures on mental health and support service helplines during COVID-19
November 09, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBSend us a Text Message. We’re continuing our conversations about the mental health system, both in Victoria and in other states and the organisations that form part of this essential health service. We know that the mental health system in Victoria, and in the other states and territories of Australia were already struggling to cope with demand, and that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly blown out those pressures. Mental health support organisations are seeing steep increases in th...
Episode 44: Lived Experience (Part 15) Bruce Perham – prison officers, PTSD and confronting my own trauma
October 26, 2021 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode of GET REAL we meet Bruce Perham, a social worker of more than 30 years who is also a family and narrative therapist. He is the director of a counselling collective called Let's Talk Differently, which specialises in the area of occupational fatigue within front-line responder professions. Bruce’s career has mainly been in the not-for-profit sector and more than a decade ago he moved into working with first responders, in particular prison officers, around the psychological...
Episode 44: Lived Experience (Part 15) Bruce Perham – prison officers, PTSD and confronting my own trauma
October 26, 2021 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode of GET REAL we meet Bruce Perham, a social worker of more than 30 years who is also a family and narrative therapist. He is the director of a counselling collective called Let's Talk Differently, which specialises in the area of occupational fatigue within front-line responder professions. Bruce’s career has mainly been in the not-for-profit sector and more than a decade ago he moved into working with first responders, in particular prison officers,...
Episode 43: Lived Experience (Part 14) Robert Macpherson – PTSD in humanitarian Aid workers
October 12, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBIn this episode of GET REAL we meet Robert “Bob” Macpherson, a veteran who served in the United States Marines for more than 30 years, serving in three conflicts in Vietnam, Iraq, and Somalia. After retiring from the Marines, he joined the humanitarian organisation CARE, where he spent fifteen years directing global risk mitigation for staff and vulnerable populations and led humanitarian response missions worldwide, including Rwanda, Haiti and Afghanistan. For Bob, the cumulative e...
Episode 43: Lived Experience (Part 14) Robert Macpherson – PTSD in humanitarian Aid workers
October 12, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode of GET REAL we meet Robert “Bob” Macpherson, a veteran who served in the United States Marines for more than 30 years, serving in three conflicts in Vietnam, Iraq, and Somalia. After retiring from the Marines, he joined the humanitarian organisation CARE, where he spent fifteen years directing global risk mitigation for staff and vulnerable populations and led humanitarian response missions worldwide, including Rwanda, Haiti and Afghanistan. ...
Episode 42: Carers' experience and reactions to the Royal Commission
September 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBSend us a Text Message. We’re continuing our conversations about the findings of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. These findings will reshape mental health services, not just in Victoria but potentially across Australia. In this episode we talk about some of the recommendations for reform specific to carers. The royal commission findings have specific recommendations that will affect carers, including eight family and carer led centres across Victoria and ele...
Episode 41: Lived Experience (Part 13) Heidi Everett – writing fearlessly about my psych reality
September 14, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode of GET REAL we meet Heidi Everett, who has lived experience of psychiatric wards and what she describes as living with a “psych reality”. Melbourne-based Heidi is an advocate, writer, poet, producer, performer, public speaker…and that’s not all. “My creativity and mental health advocacy are joined at the hip. Both require a little bit of courage and a cheeky attitude to have a go and not fear failing.” She’s written a powerful debut book called ...
Episode 41: Lived Experience (Part 13) Heidi Everett – writing fearlessly about my psych reality
September 14, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBIn this episode of GET REAL we meet Heidi Everett, who has lived experience of psychiatric wards and what she describes as living with a “psych reality”. Melbourne-based Heidi is an advocate, writer, poet, producer, performer, public speaker…and that’s not all. “My creativity and mental health advocacy are joined at the hip. Both require a little bit of courage and a cheeky attitude to have a go and not fear failing.” She’s written a powerful debut book called My Friend Fox about her e...
Episode 40: Lived Experience (Part 12) John S. Payne – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in emergency responders
August 31, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBThis is the 40th episode of Get Real: talking mental health and disability. It’s a special milestone for the podcast, and for ermha365 because it’s coming up to forty years since we were established by a group of passionate carers living in Melbourne, Australia who were concerned about the lack of support services for their loved ones who were experiencing a mental illness. A content note for listeners: There is some discussion about suicidal ideation in this episode. Call Lifeline on 13 11...
Episode 40: Lived Experience (Part 12) John S. Payne – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in emergency responders
August 31, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the 40th episode of Get Real: talking mental health and disability. It’s a special milestone for the podcast, and for ermha365 because it’s coming up to forty years since we were established by a group of passionate carers living in Melbourne, Australia who were concerned about the lack of support services for their loved ones who were experiencing a mental illness. A content note for listeners: There is some discussion about suicidal ideation in this episod...
Episode 39: Lived Experience (Part 11) Anna Spargo-Ryan – parenting with mental illness
August 17, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Anna Spargo-Ryan is highly regarded Melbourne-based writer and author who cut her teeth working in digital comms for The Australian Grand Prix and the long-running Aussie TV soap Neighbours. Mum of two Anna had her first child when she was 20 and prior to her pregnancy had a psychosis where she was “really unwell”. For Anna her pregnancy and arrival of her baby represented some “some structure that I could understand in a world that had become very strange to me…”...
Episode 38: LGBTQ+ mental health and reactions to the Royal Commission
August 03, 2021 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBSend us a Text Message. We’re continuing our conversations about the findings of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. These findings will reshape mental health services, not just in Victoria but potentially across Australia. The focus of this episode is on the recommendations for reform specific to LGBTQ+ mental health services. For the LGBTQ+ community, there’s “diversity within diversity” – also called intersectionality – for example First Nations queer people, ...
Episode 38: LGBTIQ+ mental health and reactions to the Royal Commission
August 03, 2021 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBWe’re continuing our conversations about the findings of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. These findings will reshape mental health services, not just in Victoria but potentially across Australia. The focus of this episode is on the recommendations for reform specific to LGBTIQ+ mental health services. For the LGBTIQ+ community, there’s “diversity within diversity” – also called intersectionality – for example First Nations queer people, queer people with a dis...
Episode 37: Lived Experience (part 10) Jessie Aiton – late diagnosed autism
July 21, 2021 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode of Get Real we meet Jessie Aiton. Jessie is an experienced radio producer and public speaker, having worked for the ABC in regional Western Australia and 3AW radio in Melbourne. While working in her high-pressure, fast-paced career in broadcasting, Jessie was going through a journey with her mental health: “I was really fighting for my mental health, I was really wanting to be functioning and getting well…”. Jessie suspected she may have been on th...
Episode 36: Veterans’ mental health with RSL Victoria’s Adam "Buzz" Lawson and Dr Carolyn Deans
July 06, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBSend us a Text Message. According to research by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs nearly half of Australian veterans who leave the Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience a mental health disorder within five years, which highlights the challenges associated with transitioning out of full-time military service and into civilian life. The research also found that only 10 per cent of ex-ADF members choose to seek access to veteran health care services. The Returned & Services Leagu...
Episode 36: Veterans’ mental health with RSL Victoria’s Adam "Buzz" Lawson and Dr Carolyn Deans
July 06, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBAccording to research by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs nearly half of Australian veterans who leave the Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience a mental health disorder within five years, which highlights the challenges associated with transitioning out of full-time military service and into civilian life. The research also found that only 10 per cent of ex-ADF members choose to seek access to veteran health care services. The Returned & Services League of Australia is a well-...
Episode 35: Lived Experience (Part 9) Ruth Clare – the effects of war on families
June 22, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Melbourne-based author and teacher Ruth Clare’s memoir Enemy has been critically acclaimed and described as “Weaving a striking personal narrative with a revelatory exploration of the effects of war”. Ruth is a survivor of childhood violence. Her father, traumatised from service in the Vietnam War, was violent and unpredictable. In this episode of GET REAL Ruth talks about her journey of healing from childhood violence and understanding the connection with her fa...
Episode 35: Lived Experience (Part 9) Ruth Clare – the effects of war on families
June 22, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBMelbourne-based author and teacher Ruth Clare’s memoir Enemy has been critically acclaimed and described as “Weaving a striking personal narrative with a revelatory exploration of the effects of war”. Ruth is a survivor of childhood violence. Her father, traumatised from service in the Vietnam War, was violent and unpredictable. In this episode of GET REAL Ruth talks about her journey of healing from childhood violence and understanding the connection with her father’s wartime service an...
Episode 34: Next to Normal – the ground-breaking musical exploring mental illness
June 08, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBSend us a Text Message. A musical may not be the first thing that comes to mind as a way to convey the experiences of mental illness and how people cope in a crisis. However, in this episode of GET REAL we speak to two people who will be bringing to the stage a rock musical that’s been described as “an unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness”. The show centres around a mother who is traumatised by loss and the unpredictable effects sparked by h...