Taking Care of Yourself: Holistic Health

University can be stressful for your body and your mind. Stating the obvious here… At MQ, there are support services provided to keep you in optimal health when you’re busy with heaps of activities and/or loading your brain with information coming from all directions! These services are also open to the wider community. 

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http://students.mq.edu.au/support/health_and_wellbeing/welfare_service/health_and_wellbeing/

Support services at MQ include:

        Medical

If you have an enquiry about your health but do not know which service you need, seek a GP at Macquarie University Medical Services. 

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 6:00pm

Closed on public holidays.

To make an appointment with Macquarie University Medical Services, call (02) 9812 3944. Click on this link http://students.mq.edu.au/support/health_and_wellbeing/medical_services/ for more information. Image is also from the website. 

         Chiropractic

Call the Chiropractic Clinic telephone numbers to make an appointment. You can also just walk in to any of the clinics during opening hours and make an appointment.

Opening hours

Monday – Thursday, 12:00pm – 8:00pm

Friday – 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Saturday – 8:00am – 12:00pm

Sunday – Closed

Closed on public holidays.

To contact the campus Chiropractic Clinic at the EMC building, call (02) 9850 1350. Visit http://chiro.mq.edu.au/Clinics/ for more information.

         Reading and spelling difficulty

Opening hours

Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

For more information or to contact Macquarie University Cognition Clinic for Reading, call (02) 9850 6889 or visit http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/clinics/cognition_clinic_for_reading/.

         Psychology

Macquarie University Psychology Clinic offers specialised psychology services to the local and wider community.

Contact this phone number (02) 9850 8000 find out the clinic’s opening hours or more information. Also, check out this link http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/clinic.htm to read more about the psychology services that MQ provides.

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         Emotional Health

The Centre for Emotional Health at MQ is a research centre dedicated to furthering the understanding of child and adult emotional disorders. The Centre’s Emotional Health Clinic provides treatments and support to children, adolescents and adults. If anxiety, depression or any other emotional disorder is stopping you from being yourself and achieving your goals in life, please don't hesitate to visit the Campus Wellbeing and Health Centre at MQ to make an appointment or visit this link for more information http://www.centreforemotionalhealth.com.au/default.aspx.

         Speech and hearing

Macquarie University Speech and Hearing Clinic specialises in speech and audiology and provides services to children, teens and adults.

Opening hours

Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Call MQ’s Speech and Hearing Clinic, (02) 9850 2900, to book an appointment.

For more information, click here http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/clinics/speech_and_hearing_clinic.jsp. Image is also from the website. 

I hope that you treat your mind, body and spirit well wherever you are at, school, university, work or home. 

Joyce