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'A guide to self-care' has been developed by Life in Mind. Self-care refers to activities that preserve and maintain one’s physical, emotional and mental health. It is an ongoing commitment to look after yourself through helpful behaviours that protect your health during periods of stress.

What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.

Find excellent videos on mental health and drug use on The Matilda Centre's youtube channel.

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use (the Matilda Centre) brings together world-leading researchers, clinicians, people with lived experience and community to share skills, synergise data, harness new technologies and trial innovative programs to prevent and treat mental and substance use disorders.

In this video from the Australian Childhood Foundation, we look at what's happening inside a child's brain as they grow - and how this might affect your experience as a carer.

One thing we all have in common is that we all go through the human life cycle, which goes from infancy to childhood to adolescence to adulthood to old age and to death. Learn more about adolescence - or being a teenager - in this video from Mind Matters Australia.

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It’s common to feel exasperated trying to set limits and respond when limits are breached (especially around drug use). This factsheet from the Victorian Youth Drug and Alcohol Advice Service provides some ideas that may help you.

Harm reduction strategies at music events are numerous and diverse. They range from the provision of water stations and free water bottles at events, to providing ‘pass outs’ or chill out and sanctuary spaces. This factsheet from the Australian Drug Foundation explores these strategies and more.

High school-aged young people are at a critical stage of development. There are concerns that a person who uses alcohol and other drugs (AOD) during this stage, may experience significant AOD harms in the future.

Delaying uptake as long as possible can help to reduce harms.

This in-depth Research Paper from the Australian Drug Foundation explores the evidence underpinning different interventions, programs and campaigns and describes strategies to prevent and delay AOD use by 12-17 year-olds.

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Harm reduction focuses on identifying and targeting specific risks that arise from alcohol and other drug use. This may include risks to the individual, as well as their family and friends. This factsheet from the Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing provides examples of harm reduction initiatives in Australia and explains how they work.

Harm reduction refers to policies, programmes and practices that aim to minimise negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies and drug laws. Learn more in this factsheet from Harm Reduction Australia.

Mental health is about being able to work and study to your full potential, cope with day-to-day life stresses, be involved in your community, and live your life in a free and satisfying way.  This video features headspace Youth National Reference Group members exploring what mental health is, such as having a healthy mindset, your sense of self, emotional balance and more

All young people need boundaries and consequences. It's part of normal, healthy development. Learn more about this topic in this video from Youth Drug and Alcohol Advice service in Victoria.

Please note this resource was created outside of Tasmania: it may contain links for services not available in the state.