Destigmatising mental health in rural communities

Ros Patton is a Senior Project Officer for the Suicide Prevention Project and the owner and a manager of a mixed-operation farm. Ros works full-time with her husband and their two sons, managing sheep, cattle, and crops, on their farm near Condobolin and spends her spare time volunteering within her community.

In this episode, Ros shares her passion for destigmatising mental health in rural communities, hoping that mental illness will once be as easy to talk about and seek help for as any other medical issue. Plus, you’ll hear Ros discuss the first steps involved in seeking help for yourself or someone else.

Local Land Services Natural Resource Management Officer Jasmine Wells caught up with Ros in between her cattle mustering adventures for this insightful and important conversation.

Mental health support:

• Call Lifeline on 13 11 14
• Call the Mental Health Line on 1800 011 511
• Call Western Plains Regional Development on 02 6895 3301

Connect:

• Central West LLS website
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• Central West LLS on Twitter
• Central West LLS on YouTube

The views contained in this podcast series are not necessarily endorsed by Central West Local Land Services. Listeners are advised to contact their local office to discuss their individual situation.

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