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Dr. Farhan Shahzad – LIVE interview on ticker NEWS LIVE ON TV ! Interviewed by ticker NEWS to discuss important workplace topics such as the impacts of COVID-19 on workplace injuries, physical and mental health considerations when working from home, and more…. Watch to gain some great insights and tips for individuals and businesses to […]
Our doctors are struggling. They’re experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression and burnout as the under-pressure healthcare system in Australia continues to fall victim to the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent review by the Black Dog Institute and The University of NSW, published in The Lancet, found that while mental health issues were […]
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Meditation for Health and Wellbeing If you think meditation is only for alternative thinkers who drink herbal tea, it’s time to think again. Scientific studies are showing that meditation can have a profoundly positive impact on your health and wellbeing at both a physical and mental level – regardless of your beliefs or the […]
As Sydneysiders and those living in Greater Sydney continue to be in the midst of another lockdown due to multiple outbreaks of COVID-19, our mental health and ability to juggle family and working life from home is again being put to the test. The original two-week lockdown of Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Blue Mountains and […]
More than 4 million Australians struggle with back pain on a daily basis, majority of whom report that the pain interferes with their basic activities of daily living (AIHW 2020). When pain lingers, it can significantly compromise our quality of life by causing us physiological pain and disability as well as psychological distress. With an estimation that […]
Bullying and harassment in the workplace can not only cause detrimental physical and psychological health problems for employees, it can also greatly effect job performance and a business’s bottom line (Gordon 2020). While there are obvious forms of bullying including physical and psychological, there can be more subtle and indirect forms of bullying such as deliberate […]
The World Health Organisation defines ‘HEALTH’ as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO 1948). This definition champions the idea that health is a multifaceted state of being, mimicking the Biopsychosocial Model of Health which acknowledges that it is the deep interactions between biological, psychological, and social factors that […]
As much as no-one would ever want to spend two weeks in hotel quarantine with no ability to venture outside, or months under strict lockdowns, it is these severe preventative restrictions that have allowed countries including Australia to eventually suppress the spread of the COVID-19 virus and pandemic. In particular, Melbourne, Victoria endured some of […]
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