On the Same Wavelength

On the Same Wavelength

A podcast focusing on how we can improve outcomes for people living with complex mental health conditions in Australia, and smash the stigma. Each episode, hear from real people who share their raw experiences – what goes right, and what goes wrong – helping us get on the same wavelength. Their stories are honest, confronting, but hopeful. A collaboration by SANE and the University of Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences.

Episodes

September 12, 2023 23 mins

Is the Australian mental health system helping people effectively? In this final episode, we meet Shazi (she/her), who lives with dissociative identity disorder. Shazi shares her reflections on getting support, while Katie Larsen (she/they) from Mind Australia overviews gaps in the system, and the need for improvement.


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How can employers better support employees with complex mental health needs? In this episode, Holly (they/them) talks about their challenges at work, and disclosure, flexibility, and support options in the workplace. Jess Radican (she/her) from SANE talks about the strengths that people with lived experience bring to the workplace.


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August 16, 2023 22 mins

Who helps the helpers? Healthcare professionals are not immune to mental health challenges. Dr Dov Degen (he/him) shares his story about living with bipolar disorder while going through medical training and placements. We also meet Dr Tahnee Bridson (she/her), who talks about how healthcare professionals can support each other.


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August 2, 2023 21 mins

How much does the media influence our attitudes around complex mental health conditions? Sandy (she/her), advocate and poet, highlights negative stereotypes about schizophrenia seen in both fiction and non-fiction media. This episode also features Dr Elizabeth Paton (she/her) from Everymind around how the media can talk about mental health more responsibly.


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July 19, 2023 20 mins

Are schools and universities effectively supporting their students? Jeanette (she/they) speaks about the journey through high school and university, while navigating severe anxiety and an emerging eating disorder. Vivienne Browne (she/her) from Orygen also overviews some of the ways that universities can foster supportive environments.


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July 19, 2023 22 mins

How can we effectively support others with their mental health? Through his story, Evan (he/him) explores how intimate partners, friends, family, and multicultural communities react to complex mental health conditions. Amaya Alvarez (she/her) from Mental Health Carers Australia and Tandem Carers, also reflects on her experiences as a family carer.


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July 12, 2023 1 min

Coming July 20, On the Same Wavelength is a new podcast focusing on how we can improve outcomes for people living with complex mental health conditions in Australia, and smash the stigma. Each episode, hear from real people who share their raw experiences – what goes right, and what goes wrong helping us get on the same wavelength. Their stories are honest, confronting, but hopeful.

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