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Mental Health Matters is community radio show sponsored by Like Minds Taranaki, to help promote mental health, demystify mental illness, and raise awareness of the stigma and discrimination that still effects people who have experience of mental illness.
"We hope by talking about the challenges that people with an experience with mental illness face, as well as some resources that are available, we can improve the mental health of the community."
While Like Minds Taranaki is no longer around as an organisation, the issues talked about in this show are still very relevant today.
These episodes are from the years 2013 - 2015
Podcasts
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Mental Health Matters Trust
Wayne Morris talks about the Mental Health Matters Trust.
Duration: 00:29:14 | Date: 9 July, 2015
New Waves
Lisa Bushel and Jonathan O'Neil talk about New Waves.
Duration: 00:27:46 | Date: 8 May, 2014
Psychology/Psychiatry, What's the Difference?
Phycologist Lyn Holdem helps explain the difference between psychology, psychiatry, therapists and councillors.
Duration: 00:30:00 | Date: 4 April, 2013
Waves
Chair of Waves talks about the focus on youth (10-24years), and finding ways to integrate youth into society.
Duration: 00:25:43 | Date: 7 March, 2013
Schizophrenia Awareness
Shirley Vickery from Supporting Families, and Dr Robert Millar, researcher into schizophrenia, talk about one of the least understood mental illnesses.
Duration: 00:37:59 | Date: 19 February, 2015
WITT Nursing Course
Interview with WITT nursing tutors, Tara and Helen, and phycology graduate Ashnita.
Duration: 00:23:43 | Date: 4 December, 2014
Students on Placement
Students from WITT studying for Certificate of Mental Health and Addictions , and Bachelor of Applied Social Science, talk about their placement experiences.
Duration: 00:25:28 | Date: 30 October, 2014
Understanding Dementia
Beth McDonald, the national dementia advisor for Bupa Care Services and Jill Baker, manager of riverside care home and hospital share their knowledge and experience of dementia.
Duration: 00:25:14 | Date: 4 September, 2014
Bronte Jefferies Speaks at Waves
Bronte Jefferies shares her research o children of parents with mental illness and addictions at a public event held at WAVES.
Duration: 00:45:14 | Date: 20 August, 2014
Therapy
Clinical Psychologist Dan Goodkind shares what you can expect from a session of therapy with a clinical psychologist.
Duration: 00:32:15 | Date: 7 August, 2014
Problem Gambling Foundation
Sandy Cummings from the Taranaki Problem Gambling Foundation talks about their contract review, as well as about the problem that gambling is in some peoples lives.
Duration: 00:25:17 | Date: 3 July, 2014
Practical Mindfulness
Participants in a 6 week mindfulness course give feedback about their benefits of learning mindfulness.
Duration: 00:26:18 | Date: 1 May, 2014
Brenda Cash Painter
Brenda holds an art exhibition each year to raise funds for a project dear to hear heart. In 2014 it was Like Minds.
Duration: 00:27:52 | Date: 3 April, 2014
Lynne Holdem Supporting Families in Mental Illness
Lynne Holdem from Supporting Families talks about the organisation and how it works.
Duration: 00:27:45 | Date: 6 March, 2014
Decluttering your Environment, Mind and Life
Tony Spencer shares ways to declutter your environment, mind and life.
Duration: 00:29:52 | Date: 6 February, 2014
New Years Resolutions
How to look at our resolutions and turn those idle wishes into a definite plan that will see them achieved so that we can look back at the year with a sense of achievement.
Duration: 00:33:00 | Date: 2 January, 2014
Exercise in Mental Health
Shane martin literally exercised his way out of depression. This is his story.
Duration: 00:27:41 | Date: 12 December, 2013
Feeling Down on the Farm
Gordan Hudson talks about a publication providing essential information on mental health for farmers.
Duration: 00:27:25 | Date: 14 November, 2013
Turn the Living Page
Diane Bellamy talks about the Turn the Living Page event during the mental health awareness week 2013. A human library event which gave people the chance to talk with people about their mental health story.
Duration: 00:30:20 | Date: 3 October, 2013
Taranaki Suicide Prevention
Fi Perez, chair of the Taranaki Suicide Prevention Coordination Group talks about the organisation and its role in raising suicide awareness.
Duration: 00:30:59 | Date: 1 August, 2013
Having Young Babies
About the stresses of being a mother to young babies, post natal depression and other perinatal mental distresses.
Duration: 00:29:29 | Date: 4 July, 2013
Mental Health Support
Gary Walls Renwick from New Plymouth Mental Health and Addiction talks about mental health support.
Duration: 00:24:18 | Date: 6 June, 2013
Alcohol and Drugs
Sue Philipson, the family whanau advisor at TDHB talks about addiction services.
Duration: 00:29:36 | Date: 3 January, 2013