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Young People & Mental Health: Nic's Story

30/4/2015

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Nic Newling is a dedicated advocate for mental health and suicide prevention. He travels around the country speaking about his own experience with a mood disorder and losing his older brother to suicide as a teenager, to change the way mental illness is addressed in schools, workplaces and communities. 

Now 28 years old, Nic says he was a very ambitious child. He had decided very early on what his whole future would hold, and set his sights on becoming a veterinarian. But in his first few years of high school Nic says he changed a lot. 

“I’d really enjoyed primary school and had won a scholarship to a school I really enjoyed,” he says. “I had started struggling a lot academically and personally, which was a very unexpected change. How I was acting wasn’t ‘me’. I was getting very anxious and was no longer able to think properly in class. I realised I was losing more than my happiness; I was losing part of myself.” 

At the end of Year 8 Nic was admitted to an adolescent psychiatric facility where he was treated for nine months as one of the youngest patients. 

“On one hand it was terrible because it was very confusing. I had symptoms of psychosis and I was deflated by a loss of hope for the future,” he says. 



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Basic Life Support Tutorial, Sports Concussion & Head Trauma

27/4/2015

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Do you want to know how to save a life?
Do you want to know the latest research on sports concussion and its effects?
Do you want to learn more about head trauma and how to assess patients?


Do not miss the world famous sports physician, Dr. John Orchard, and a host of other profile speakers who will explore these issues and run an interactive tutorial on Basic Life Support and the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool for students to participate in!

Brought to you by UNSW Sports MedSoc - any NSW medical student can attend. Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1394609310863392/


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Mental Health First Aid courses

22/4/2015

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NSWMSC is committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of medical students, and is pleased to offer medical students FREE Mental Health First Aid Courses.

Three Universities have signed up to this initiative (UNSW, Notre Dame and Newcastle). More information can be found on the NSWMSC website, under 'Events'.

For feedback regarding our Mental Health & Wellbeing initiatives, please get in touch with the NSWMSC Chair, Neel Gobin, by emailing [email protected]
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Congratulations to 3 new NSWMSC team members!

9/4/2015

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NSWMSC would like to congratulate and welcome it’s newest members to the team!

-Policy Officers: Christopher Kocx (UWS), Abbas Hussein and Tabish Aleemullah (UNSW)
-Conference Logistics Officer:
Regina Hong (UNSW)
-Publications and Promotions Officer:
Angelique Kumar (University of Notre Dame)

Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in these positions.
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2015 Medical Intern Training Review

7/4/2015

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The NSWMSC will be making a contribution to the 2015 Medical Intern Training Review. This is your chance to speak up about the internship and how it could be improved for future medical graduates!

The review focuses on four broad areas relating to medical intern training in Australia:

·        The purpose of internship and whether the current model remains valid and fit for purpose.

·        The effectiveness of the internship year in producing doctors with appropriate skills and competencies to meet national health care needs and support generalist practice

·        The role of the internship in supporting career decision making by doctors.

·        Models to support expansion of intern training settings.

The NSWMSC has designed a survey to canvass NSW medical student views on the internship in relation to these four areas.

Fill out the survey here to have your say to ensure your future medical training is as best as it can be: http://goo.gl/PWvy67. You’ll also go into the running to win a $50 textbook gift card!

For more information on the review, and a copy of the Discussion Paper, contact your NSWMSC rep or see the website:

http://www.coaghealthcouncil.gov.au/MedicalInternReview.

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