Mental Health in Practice
Practical conversations about mental health care across Australia’s health system.
Mental Health in Practice is a podcast for health professionals working across the mental health system, featuring conversations grounded in real-world experience.
Each episode brings together perspectives from clinical practice, research, and sector expertise to explore contemporary mental health care.
The show focuses on what thoughtful, collaborative care looks like in practice – and how professionals across disciplines can better support mental health outcomes for Australians.
Mental Health in Practice
In The First Person: Suicidality and Bereavement
Join Lived Experience Practitioners India Guerrieri and Julie Rickard as they share their respective stories of a suicide attempt and suicide bereavement.
Throughout their open, honest and candid conversation, India and Julie explore the guilt, shame and stigma surrounding suicide, including how finding the right support and sharing their experiences helped combat their feelings of isolation.
Listen as they provide insight into the complexities of experiencing suicidal ideation or grieving a loved one who has suicided, and how sharing their stories with each other has helped them make sense of their own experiences and led them to make a difference in the field as Lived Experience Practitioners.
To hear more on this topic, tune in to A Conversation About… Suicide: Combatting the Silence and follow Mental Health in Practice for future episodes.
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