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Mental health resources

Arm yourself with evidence-based strategies with our mental health and brain health resources. Developed with our researchers and clinicians, our resources often draw from neuroscience to explain how mental health is linked to our brains and bodies.

Understanding mental health

Raise your awareness of mental health and the neurobiology that underpins it. Learn the signs and symptoms that support is needed.

Lifestyle strategies for mental health and brain health

We explain what happens in your brain when you make even small improvements to your lifestyle. Get evidence-based strategies to improve your mental health and lower your dementia risk.

Articles

Meet 'Sleep', the guardian of your wellbeing galaxy

When you're asleep, your brain is busy, cleaning out metabolic waste. We explore the important connection between sleep and mental health and dementia risk.

Create healthy habits that stick

The secret to achieving your health goals is to create long-term habits - with a little help from neuroscience.

Boy reading book with old senior man grandfather at home
How intergenerational connections improve lives

Research shows that when different generations come together, everyone benefits. We explore how having social connections outside of your age group can help your physical and mental health.

Mindfulness

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Michelle Kennedy takes us through guided mindfulness exercises, which can increase attention and feelings of calm. Michelle is a researcher in our youth mental health team, and an experienced educator specialising in emotional, social and academic development of children.

Stress and anxiety management

 

 

 

 

Exercises to engage your parasympathetic nervous (or 'rest and digest') system.