Focus on your mental health this October

MEDIA RELEASE 25 October 2022

The Bathurst Regional Youth Council has partnered with headspace Bathurst to promote healthy minds and lifestyles for Mental Health Month.

October is Mental Health Month and from 3pm Thursday 27 October to 3pm Friday 28 October headspace will take over the Bathurst Youth Instagram page to answer questions via video messages on managing mental health.

The focus of the project will include coping strategies, day-to-day life, psychoeducation, what anxiety and depression feel like, normalising feelings, how to access help, how to help friends, exam stress and explanation of therapies.

Mayor Robert Taylor said mental health wellbeing for young people has become particularly pertinent over the last couple of years.

“Taking the time to support mental wellbeing and perform self-care rituals is essential to having a good balance in life,” he said.

“This is a wonderful initiative from the Youth Council and headspace Bathurst and I encourage our community and especially our young people to get involved.”

Headspace Bathurst Community Engagement Coordinator Sam Bolt said headspace Bathurst is very excited to join forces with the Youth Council for this exciting opportunity during Mental Health Month.

“The Youth Council serves as a chief voice for young people in the Bathurst community, and for our clinical team to be given the opportunity to answer youth-centric questions around mental health via the Youth Council's Instagram page will allow for expanded discourse around maintaining a healthy mind and body through a social media platform that is favoured among high school students, " he said.

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