JOIN our monthly mental health forum this Friday, June 7, where readers will be able to put their questions to our expert panel.
Tomorrow's forum will focus specifically on how mental health issues can affect men and where they can get help.
Readers, male and female, can ask questions of the panel which includes Terry Melvin, who established the MensLine Australia phone counselling service, Dr Chris Laming, a senior lecturer in community welfare and counselling at Monash University and John Stevens, part of the Western NSW Local Health District's health prevention and promotion unit in Orange.
The monthly mental health forums are a joint initiative of The Land, the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program and NSW Farmers.
The Land's editor Sally White said the forums were designed to give readers access to a panel of mental health professionals without having to travel long distances - or even leave the paddock.
A transcript of the forum will be posted on the website.
The forum kicks off at 2pm.
Readers can leave a question for the panel before then by commenting below.
Craig Hamilton knows exactly how confronting it can be to be diagnosed with a mental illness.
But the well-known sports commentator stared down his demons and is now a high profile advocate for mental health.
He’s donated two signed copies of his memoir, Broken Open, and his second book, A Better Life, about living a full and happy life with the challenge of a mental health issue, to give away.
For details on how to enter, check next week's The Land.
