Hello everyone! We have been hard at work over the last three weeks promoting our Kickstarter campaign for a webseries that aims to help people with mental health issues using the power of video games. There’s Just Three Days Left to Pledge! There are just 3 days left,...
The Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is the principal body representing the medical speciality of psychiatry in Australasia. They account for training of specialist doctors to become psychiatrists, as well as research publication, governance and policy management. Your Health in Mind They recently launched Your...
This week in Melbourne, the games industry, game enthusiasts and the general public gather for the largest digital games celebration in Asia Pacific. It’s called the Melbourne International Games Week. The week began on the 29th October, continuing until the 7th November, and is filled with a huge variety...
One of CheckPoint’s objectives is to get out into the general community to promote both mental health and wellbeing, alongside games and interactive technology. We are booking new events all the time, and we are always looking for volunteers to help us make our events a success! We’ve found that our...
Hate reading? CheckPoint regularly speaks about Crunch and Burnout at conventions. Check out this one from Play by Play NZ, with Dr Jennifer Hazel. What is burnout? Burnout is defined as a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation (feeling cynical and detached) and low perceived efficacy (1, 2)....
Despite being a more common condition than depression, anxiety is less diagnosed and often sufferers of severe anxiety fall under the radar for years or decades. This condition can be debilitating to any and all aspects of daily living, and though highly treatable, often remains chronically undermanaged. It is...
