Psychiatrist, Writer, Commentator

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Monday, 06th May 2024

Cancer Mind Care - a website to support people with cancer

This is a website I co-developed with my team at Peter Mac with the goal of  exploring ways to look after your mind when you are affected by cancer. The Cancer Mind Care self-help online platform was developed and launched in 2021. It provides Australia’s first ‘one-stop-shop’ for tailored mental health support for people with cancer, their support persons, clinicians...
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Monday, 06th May 2024

Psychological First Aid - A video

This is a video I made with psychologist, Ella Sexton. The video explains the five key pillars of good mental health: sleep, exercise, nutrition, stress management and healthy relationships. Psychological First Aid
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Wednesday, 06th May 2020

Shrink The Virus Podcast

Shrink The Virus was a weekly podcast hosted by two psychiatrists, Steve Ellen and Rob Sezler, that explored the psychology of everyday life during the pandemic. It has finished now (along with the pandemic, thankfully!), but all 26 episodes remain on all the usual podcast services. Shrink The Virus was brought to you by Melbourne independent community media organisation Triple R....
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Friday, 23rd November 2018

How 'mad' are you? - SBS 2 part TV documentary

"How 'mad' are you" is an SBS TV documentary I worked on in 2018, assisting in the production and as on-screen host. The show aired in October 2018. You can watch by searching SBS On Demand - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/ From the SBS website: This two-part SBS documentary series How 'Mad' Are You? addresses mental illness in a way never seen before on...
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Thursday, 22nd November 2018

Radiotherapy on Triple R - Dr DoLittle

Radiotherapy is the longest running community radio show in the universe (or so we claim!) dedicated to all things health, medicine and well-being - curing Saturday night hangovers every Sunday morning since March 1996! The show was started by my good friend, Dr Mal Practice, who still appears regularly on Sunday mornings. Mal invited me to join the show sometime...
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Wednesday, 21st November 2018

Writs & Cures on ABC Melbourne Radio - Steve Ellen & Bill O'Shea

Writs & Cures was a weekly one-hour radio show featured on ABC Melbourne Evenings hosted by Lindy Burns with myself and Bill O'Shea as co-hosts. Bill is a prominent Melbourne lawyer with a CV as long as your arm. The show tackled the latest in both health and the law - a tall ask! Each show featured the 'soapbox' segment...
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Wednesday, 21st November 2018

Psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen: 'I hid my depression pretty well'

This is an article describing my own experience with depression. It was published on the SBS website as part of the How 'mad' are you? SBS documentary. SBS News Article
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Tuesday, 20th November 2018

Radiotherapy Live - special live audience episode!!

If you listen to one Radiotherapy this year - make it this one!! This aired on October 14, 2018. In front of a live studio audience, the Radiotherapy team of Mal Practice, Dr. Do-Little and Autonomy celebrate Radiotherapy's 21 (or so) years in style. Joined by two special guests Jill Stark and Nelly Thomas, the team traversed the massive topic...
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Wednesday, 07th November 2018

Radiotherapy - The psychology of fonts, saying NO to patients...

Nov 7, 2018 In this week's episode Panel Beater, Dr. Do-Little, Dr. Capri and Training Wheels delved into the topics of psychological fonts and saying no to patients. Joined by RMIT Behavioural Business Lab expert Dr. Janneke Blijlevens, the team discussed a new font called 'Sans Forgetica.' Dr. Capri also discussed her experiences of being a GP and the importance...
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Tuesday, 25th September 2018

Writs & Cures - Understanding Neuropsychiatry

Special guest in this edition of Writs and Cures is Professor Dennis Velakoulis, the head of neuropsychiatry at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Neuropsychiatry is the mysterious world that deals with the mental health aspects of brain disease. It includes the psychological aspects of disorders like Parkinson's Disease, dementia, epilepsy, but it also includes the neurological aspects of mental health disorders...
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