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Personally I think the reason that it's
important that we talk about mental health,
I guess I could sum it up in one
sentence as because you can't see it.
So my name is Dr. David Demmer and I am a clinical psychologist currently working
in both private practice and as a lecturer at 
Deakin University.
We're really good at talking about our
physical illnesses and our difficulties
we might have with our physical
health but we can typically see those
and mental health traditionally has
always gone under the radar.
In recent times we've been able to really raise
awareness around mental health and there
are a lot more people talking about it
but there's a lot more people accessing services.
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What I particularly love about my
research in men's mental health and clinical psychology,
is gaining an understanding of what is actually
stopping men from engaging in mental health services.
Looking at why is it that so many men experience mental health difficulties
but actually only one in four will access support and services for that.
Deakin University certainly set me up for both my
practice and my research as a clinical psychologist.
They've recently introduced an introduction to practice
in first year which is really fantastic
which is something that allows students to
understand what a practising psychologist does.
Some of the key skills that I learnt throughout my training at Deakin is critical thinking,
so being able to not necessarily just take things at 
face value.
Also the coaching and counselling kind of face-to-face training that we got even at an undergraduate level.
These are the types of skills that quite often you aren't exposed to until postgraduate
and I think getting them in undergrad really set me up for success.
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