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Keeping Mentally Healthy

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What is mental health?

Being mentally healthy is essential for overall wellbeing. It’s about being able to take pleasure and satisfaction from life and cope with hassles and challenges.

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Mental Wellbeing Quiz

You can take the first step in boosting your mental wellbeing by completing our interactive Act Belong Commit Mental Wellbeing Quiz.

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Where to get help?

There are many resources, organisations and helplines you can refer to for further information and support with your mental health. Use the menu on this page below to select the support most relevant to you.

Tips for Me

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Aboriginal People

Act Belong Commit’s ‘Standing Strong Together’ message emphasises the dependency of social and emotional wellbeing on interactions with family and community and connection to Country and culture.

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New Parents

Becoming a new parent is life-changing and amazing but it’s also a time when we need to prioritise our own mental wellbeing.

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School-Aged Children

Looking after your child’s mental health and wellbeing is just as important as looking after their physical health. There are lots of things we can do to support children.

Seniors

In our later years it’s more important than ever to protect our mental wellbeing, guided by the principles of Act Belong Commit.

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Young Adults

Being mentally healthy is essential for overall wellbeing. It’s about being able to take pleasure and satisfaction from life and cope with hassles and challenges.

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COVID-19

Here you’ll find guidance and information, from trusted and reliable sources, to help keep mentally healthy during COVID-19.

Initiatives

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Feelgood Feb

Act Belong Commit is encouraging all of us to get on the front foot with our mental health and make February, Feelgood Feb.

Neighbour Day

This Neighbour Day, Act Belong Commit® is encouraging Western Australians to connect with their neighbours to increase a sense of belonging among us all.

Active August

Active August focuses on the many ways people can be active or become more active.

Emotion cards

Act Belong Commit has produced a set of Emotion Cards designed to encourage children to explore and reflect on their feelings, helping them to identify and understand their emotions.

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‘Words to live by’: A Storytelling Series

No matter your background or age, the ‘Words to live by’ video series showcases there are many ways you can Act Belong Commit to protect and promote your mental health and wellbeing.

Translated resources

Act Belong Commit partnered with a number of key organisations to provide access to resources for culturally and linguistically diverse people.

‘Children’s special feature’

Act Belong Commit has partnered with Seven West Media Education to bring families and schools a three part feature in The Sunday Times giving ideas, tips and resources to protect children's mental health and wellbeing.