Guest Speaker Lee Coller:
Lee is Health Planning and Prevention Manager
of the Goulburn Valley Public Health Unit.
Lee has been working in health promotion; that is promoting health to prevent chronic diseases (think diabetes, heart disease, mental illness) for the last seven years. She has been facilitating the Goulburn Mental Health and Wellbeing project for the last three years, with twenty member organizations coming together to improve mental health and wellbeing for Murrindindi and Mitchell communities.
Goulburn Mental Health and Wellbeing project:
 2019: Catalysed, following a report commissioned into local challenges for Mitchell and Murrindindi Shires
 2020: Forum in with 20+ organisations across sector
Commitment to a 5-year project to increase Visibility, Accessibility and Integration
of Mental Health and Wellbeing for the catchment
 Aligned with Royal Commission into Mental Health in Victoria recommendations
 Regular forums, communications and projects
“1 in 5 people experience mental ill health in their lifetime:
Mood disorders - anxiety, depression
Psychotic disorders – eating disorders, bipolar, schizophrenia
Affects: sleep, mood, motivation and energy > a few weeks or more and impacting bigger things like relationships/work etc. > seek help
Youth: affected by – connectedness, loneliness, societal pressures, jobs / money pressures
Suicide: more men; but more women with depression / anxiety or self-harming
Research – there are regional challenges. Improvements can't happen with one organisation. Strong relationships are needed to improve services and wellbeing, organisations such as:
vic police, education, tafe, local government – all have a role to play
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