DVD takes students beyond the diagnosis

For Belinda McCormack, living with mental illness has been a very personal journey. For years it has been a part of her she kept well hidden from colleagues, acquaintances and even many friends. Until now. In a brave effort to reduce the stigma that is still associated with mental illness, McCormack, who has bipolar, has laid bare her experiences on a new DVD education resource for undergraduate nurses at CQUniversity. It is her hope that sharing her "warts and all account" will help those working in the health and community sector have a better understanding of mental illness - something she...

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