"Let's Talk About It" panel discussion
Tuesday 7 October

Mental illness and mental distress are too often surrounded by silence, secrecy, stigma and shame. In this forum, we talk about it - what our experiences have been, what we've found has helped us, what doesn't, and hopefully have a good laugh at ourselves too. Come and listen, ask questions and maybe share.

1.00-2.00pm, Tuesday 7 October
Alice Hoy Building, Room 242

Panellists include:

• Sandy Jeffs, who has been active in the mental health field as an advocate for many years, using poetry as a way of helping people to understand better the experience of mental illness
• Cath Roper, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing Research and Practice, University of Melbourne.
• Katie Weedon
• Felicity Grey, Developer of MHAD (Mental Health Awareness and Development- project)
• Catherine Reidy (Mental Health Awareness and Development- project)
• Evan Bichara, Consumer Advocate/Commmunity Eductaor, Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, St Vincents Hopsital (Melbourne)
• Students (to be confirmed)

Introduced by Jonathan Norton, Manager, Counselling Service, University of Melbourne

Other events running as part of Mental Health Week include:

• Wednesday 8 October - "Time Out activities afternoon for staff and students
• Thursday 9 October - "Introduction to Mental Health" information session
• Friday 10 October World Mental Health Day student-staff forum

For further support for staff and students, please go to the Counselling Service website.

Go back to the Mental Health Week website.