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Rosella Room mental health blog: Paint it black - or should that be blue?
February 20, 2019 health / history / mental health / psychology / Science / Uncategorized / wellness

Paint it black – or should that be blue?

I’m intrigued by the notion that mental health conditions might influence colour preferences. Is it true that those inclined towards melancholia prefer the colour blue? What about everybody else?

December 7, 2018 literature / mental health / Uncategorized

Not really a Book Review: ‘Any Ordinary Day’ by Leigh Sales

I’d be lying if I were to tell you this was a review of a book, Any Ordinary Day, by that stalwart of Australian journalism, Leigh Sales. For I have almost as much to say here about what it’s not about than what it is about.

November 16, 2018 health / mental health / Uncategorized

What colour is schizophrenia?

Sometimes the health advocacy world feels like an elite club. Psychotic conditions are excluded from membership – no colours, no ribbons, no champions and no campaign. If there is an awareness campaign, its nigh on invisible in Australia. Is schizophrenia still locked in the attic?

November 8, 2018 health / literature / mental health

Book Review: The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

5 out of 5. Read our review!

October 15, 2018 health / mental health / Uncategorized

The Patient is MIA

The doctor will see the consumer now. Next client please! This ward is for customers only. Sorry, we’re not taking any new persons with lived experience at the moment. Call me old-fashioned, but whatever happened to the ‘patient’?

October 12, 2018 health / mental health

I’ve never seen a bookshelf called disease

Tired of the gap between Google Scholar and on-line mental health forums? Looking for hard information on the science behind a disorder? Head to a bricks & mortar bookshop but don’t forget to bring your torch. Mental health books for the general reader are still a boutique genre.

October 12, 2018 mental health

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