{"id":14321,"date":"2020-10-09T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T05:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=14321"},"modified":"2020-10-09T15:09:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T05:09:20","slug":"tune-in-to-mental-wellbeing-this-world-mental-health-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2020\/10\/09\/tune-in-to-mental-wellbeing-this-world-mental-health-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune in to mental wellbeing this World Mental Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last year<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0our daily lives have changed\u00a0<\/span>significantly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>due to the global\u00a0<\/span>COVID<\/span>-19 health crisis.\u00a0 As a result of increased anxiety levels, and restrictions to our routines and movements,\u00a0<\/span>mental health concerns are on the increase<\/span>\u00a0and are expected to have long-term impact<\/span>. So\u00a0<\/span>Wor<\/span>l<\/span>d Mental Health Day<\/span><\/a>, 10 October, i<\/span>s an ideal time to remember the importance of looking after yourself, asking the question R U OK? and seeking help from family and friends<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0health professional<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0or even the community<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided this valuable list of\u00a0<\/span>tips and advice<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to help with looking after our mental health.<\/span>\u00a0One<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>useful tip\u00a0<\/span>is to make time for doing things we enjoy<\/span>, such as listening to music. <\/span>Professor\u00a0<\/span>Brydie<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Bartleet<\/span><\/a>, Director of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre and Deputy Director Research at the Conservatorium,\u00a0<\/span>agrees<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There’s a lot of really interesting research that’s happening right now, and in the context of\u00a0<\/span>COVID<\/span>, of course, we’ve seen beautiful examples across the world of people using music to connect with one another. You might have seen the clips from balconies in Spain and Italy, with people singing out to one another when they’re locked in their units and unable to communicate with others in any other way. And I think those are really powerful ways of music not only expressing what people are feeling but forming that connection when there is so much anxiety and stress. Of course<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0we know that music brings enormous health and well-being benefits as well as those individual benefits where you feel physically better when you sing and make music and also connect with one another.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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WHO: The Big Event for Mental Health<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This World Mental Health Day, for the first time ever,\u00a0<\/span>WHO<\/span>\u00a0will host<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a global online advocacy event on mental health<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0Big Event for Mental Health<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>W<\/span>orld leaders, mental health experts and celebrity guests will join WHO Director-General<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Dr\u00a0<\/span>Tedros<\/span>\u00a0Adhanom Ghebreyesus<\/span>, to<\/span>\u00a0tell the world what we can all do to improve our mental health and how we can help make sure that quality mental health care is available to everyone who needs it.\u00a0<\/span>You can\u00a0<\/span>learn more and tune in<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from one of WHO\u2019s social media channels.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Griffith supporting\u00a0<\/span><\/b>mental health and wellbeing<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Griffith is committed to providing an inclusive, supportive environment that promotes positive mental health and wellbeing for all members of our university community. Learn more about our\u00a0<\/span>missions and strategic goals<\/span><\/a>\u00a0around wellbeing and mental health.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also d<\/span>iscover the broad range of\u00a0<\/span>research being conducted at Griffith to address\u00a0<\/span>mental health<\/span><\/a>\u00a0t<\/span>hrough the open access research on Griffith Research Online<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last year,\u00a0our daily lives have changed\u00a0significantly\u00a0due to the global\u00a0COVID-19 health crisis.\u00a0 As a result of increased anxiety levels, and restrictions to our routines and movements,\u00a0mental health concerns are on the increase\u00a0and are expected to have long-term impact. So\u00a0World Mental Health Day, 10 October, is an ideal time to remember the importance of looking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-14321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","tag-events"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Emily Fox","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}