Minimising the impact of trauma among police personnel
Phoenix Australia works with police organisations to help them increase their capability to support the mental health of their members. Learn more.
The morals and ethics of the COVID-19 frontline
COVID-19 is challenging the wellbeing of Victoria’s healthcare workers. Today more than ever, public support for those on the front line is critically important. Learn more
A new guide to managing moral injury in healthcare workers during COVID-19
Phoenix Australia, together with the Canadian Centre of Excellence on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, has developed a practical resource for healthcare workers and organisations to provide an understanding of moral injury and an organisational framework to support workforces and prevent lasting moral injury or harm.
We remain open, ready and able to support you.
As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, we want to assure you that we remain open, ready and able to support our stakeholders, clients, practitioners and the community.
Job burnout has become a serious health issue
Burnout has been included in the World Health Organization’s 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an “occupational phenomenon”. It is defined as a “syndrome conceptualised as…
Strengthening the thin blue line
In November last year, a landmark survey that painted an in-depth picture of mental health in police and emergency services was launched by Beyond Blue. The survey Answering the call…
Delivering life-saving mental health programs
Lifesavers give up their time to help others but it is an unfortunate reality that most will be involved in a critical incident at some point. While performing their…
Satellite offices open around the country
Phoenix Australia is a national centre of excellence in posttraumatic mental health, and even since our earliest days, the scope of work has always been nation-wide. Now, we can confidently…
A best practice framework for rail trauma
TrackSAFE and Phoenix Australia have been collaborating to ensure the mental health of rail industry workers is supported by best practice trauma management approaches. The resulting national trauma management framework…
Paramedics need more support to deal with daily trauma
This article from The Conversation was written by Associate Professor Andrea Phelps, Deputy Director, Phoenix Australia,
