Mindhelp

16/09/2025

Mindhelp has immediate capacity for Occupational Therapy. Our clinic is based in St Albans (Western Suburbs). We are now accepting referrals for OT assessments and ongoing therapy for both adults and children.

-Functional Capacity Assessments
-Assistive technology reports
-SIL & SDA assessments
-Home modification assessments
-Skill development and therapy planning

16/08/2025

A weekly pill for schizophrenia?
Early 2025 trial results suggest a once a week long acting capsule can keep symptoms as stable as daily tablets. The potential benefit is simpler routines. For many people, fewer doses could mean fewer missed meds and more consistency day to day.

MIT researchers developed a pill that can be taken once a week instead of daily, gradually releasing medication from within the stomach. In a phase 3 clinical trial, the treatment maintained consistent levels of the drug risperidone in patients with schizophrenia, and it controlled their symptoms ju...

13/08/2025

Mindhelp is proud to be a sponsor of the Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry 2025 Conference!!
We’re excited to connect with psychiatrists and other health professionals to talk all things mental health.
If you’re attending, come and say hello! We’d love to chat about how Mindhelp delivers Positive Behaviour Support, Mental Health and Disability Support across Melbourne and Geelong, and how we can work together to make a real difference.

📅 Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry 2025 Conference
📍 Come find us at our sponsor stand!

Let’s start the conversation and support better outcomes for people experiencing mental illness and complex behaviours.

12/08/2025

In Australia, su***de remains a significant public health concern.
In 2023, there were 3,214 lives lost to su***de, which is equivalent to nearly nine people every day. The national rate was 11.8 su***des per 100,000 population. su***de continues to be the second leading cause of years of life lost, and almost 25,000 hospitalisations for intentional self-harm occurred in 2022–23. https://www.aihw.gov.au/mental-health/snapshots/su***de-and-self-harm

10/08/2025

Could a trace of lithium help combat Alzheimer’s?

New research from Canada suggests that ultra-low doses of lithium may reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s in mice – improving memory, reducing brain inflammation, and even restoring synaptic function.

While these findings are still early-stage and preclinical, they reignite interest in lithium’s neuroprotective potential — not just in mood stabilisation, but in broader neurodegenerative disorders.

At Mindhelp, we continue to follow such developments closely, recognising how evolving science may shape future mental health and disability supports.

People with Alzheimer’s disease have lower levels of lithium in their brains than those without cognitive impairment, and a deficiency of the metal appears to accelerate the accumulation of amyloid plaques and memory loss – but it could possibly be reversed with a small dose of lithium

09/08/2025

Bunnings run in Geelong? You might just spot us on the Princes Hwy along the way 😁 🇦🇺

Thanks to RL Signs Geelong for the design!

06/08/2025

Fascinating findings showing the long-term impact of brief psychotherapy for chronic pain. A powerful reminder of the mind-body connection in practice.

Just eight sessions of a bespoke form of psychotherapy seems to ease lower back pain even three years later

03/08/2025

With an estimated 200,000 Australians affected (about 1 % of the population), any progress in understanding the underlying biology has clear implications for local mental health care.

The pace of developing treatments for psychiatric disorders has been slow. A groundbreaking approach to cell detection could help change that.

01/08/2025

02/07/2022

Researchers say that those who have experienced emotional abuse in early life are 3.5 times more likely to have schizophrenia-like experiences in adulthood. Researchers also say that the more significant the abuse, the more severe the schizophrenia-like experiences adults have. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270494 (Link can be found on the Mindhelp page)

25/06/2022

Disability Support Workers - casual- Melbournes Western suburbs & Geelong

https://www.seek.com.au/Job/57498621/?cid=ios-share

Mindhelp is a Registered NDIS Provider that operates in the Western suburbs of Melbourne & Geelong. Mindhelp is currently seeking Disability Support Workers passionate about working with participants with a mental illness and/or other disabilities. You will support participants to attend to activiti...