Kayla Lee is a practising community pharmacist and pharmacy owner at Capital Chemist Braidwood. After completing a Master of Pharmacy at the University of Canberra, Kayla went on to complete a Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice which fuelled her passion for mental health service delivery within a community pharmacy – and spreading awareness about the role a pharmacist can have in someone’s mental health journey. Kayla won the University of Technology  Sydney (UTS) Innovative Pharmacist of the Year award in 2017 for a pharmacist delivered mental health program she designed and implemented at Capital Chemist Wanniassa. Currently, Kayla is a pharmacist mentor on the PharMIbridge RCT, which aims to bridge the gap between mental and physical health.  

Episode 17 Mental Health | How are you, really?

Kayla shares her personal experiences with helping people with mental health and some tips on how to continually check in on others and yourself.

5 Indispensable Tips

1. Find your support circle – whether that’s friends, family, work colleagues, someone at the gym or local coffee shop, find them and build that trust.
2. Talk about mental health – good and not so good. Talking about it breaks the stigma and normalises the conversation around managing good and not so good mental health.
3. Be willing to give different treatments/therapies a go. You don’t know if it will work for you unless you try it!
4. It’s ok not to be ok. However, if you’re not ok, make sure you seek support and help to manage.
5. Always put aside time for self care. Work out what activities/hobbies bring you enjoyment and always make time for them.

Links

BeyondBlue guide to treatment for depression - https://resources.beyondblue.org.au/prism/file?token=BL/0556

Contact

Kayla Lee - kaylalee@capitalchemist.com.au

Capital Chemist Braidwood - https://www.instagram.com/capitalchemistbraidwood/ 

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