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RN Download This Show 28 Oct 2016

Dr. Bridianne ODea is a mental health researcher at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW. She is investigating how your digital footprint can be used to detect your mental health and could be used … More

ABC Melbourne - Faine Conversations 26 Oct 2016

Scope's Jenny Fitzgerald is the Victorian Business Woman of the Year. Joe Ibrahim reckons we could treat older people much better. More

Local Marketing 18 Oct 2016

If you've missed most of our Reboot Your Life interviews and stories this month, never fear, we've collated them for you here! Read on for tips and tricks to help you streamline your busy li… More

Hooked on social media

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All In The Mind 16 Oct 2016

How many times a day do you check Facebook, Twitter or your favourite social media app? You may have a love-hate relationship with social media, but you cant deny that its compelling, its ev… More

ABC Melbourne - Faine Conversations 13 Oct 2016

Jess Thom wants you to consider the unspoken barriers to cultural participation that some people face (she has Tourette Syndrome). Seth Honnor wants you to consider your relationship to mone… More

Life Matters 11 Oct 2016

Sleep disorders are a common symptom of mental illness and can amplify its effects. Chronic sleep disturbances increase the risk of disordered thinking and emotional distress. An Australian … More

My mind was a stranger

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All In The Mind 9 Oct 2016

The story of an Irish design engineer in his mid-fifties who suffers from an extreme form of bipolar disorder, which was diagnosed in his early twenties. The story charts his relationship wi… More

Re-boot your life

Re-boot your life

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ABC Melbourne - Faine Conversations 7 Oct 2016

Join Michelle Bridges and Waleed Aly as they go for a stroll live from the Tan and Botanic Gardens with runner Craig Mottram, Gardens' head Tim Entwisle and Greg Johnson from Diabetes Austra… More

RN Drive 4 Oct 2016

has found women on the contraceptive pill are far more likely to also be on antidepressants. The study from the University of Copenhagen took place over 13 years and examined one million Dan… More

RN Drive 3 Oct 2016

Michael Cox and Taylor Anderton have been dating for two years, and engaged for one. Both are living with Down syndrome, and they want to have children. Their parents don't think this is a g… More

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Therapeutic music can do wonders for the mind and soul as an alternative to prescription medication.

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