The law should allow greater communication between health professionals, families and carers even if this impacts on patients’ rights of confidentiality.
Some mental health apps claim to track your mood over time, while others claim to “cure” your mental ill health with hypnosis.
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If you’re an Australian teenager or young adult diagnosed with cancer, there’s good news: overall survival rates are good and getting better. But what can you expect from life after cancer treatment?
Rank schools by pupil wellbeing to tackle mental health ‘crisis’, says former leading head.
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Brain stimulating headsets are being enthusiastically taken up by gamers aiming to boost performance. But there are risks, particularly for children or those vulnerable to mental health problems.
More going on than just boxing bravado.
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Our study published this week shows a new method to induce and measure visual hallucinations in anyone at any time.
Many people have turned to Adele in times of trouble. But for people with the symptoms of clinical depression, sad music can do more harm than good.
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Plenty of people listen to sad music to make themselves feel better. But new research shows that for people with depression, it can do the opposite – triggering a cycle of negative thoughts.
Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler told Q&A that eating disorders “are the mental illness type which has the highest mortality rate”. We check the research.
We need better estimates of PTSD to find the best policies to treat it.
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The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government’s Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary