Rather than asking ‘who is at risk?’ of suicide we should also ask ‘when is a person at risk?’ Our preliminary research shows this has promise.
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Research decisions made by clinical psychologists in the 1970s can help explain why so many people, myself included, struggle to make sense of our obsessional thoughts.
Millions of young people in the US are suffering, whether from abuse at home, pressure from social media or exposure to violence. But navigating the mental health care system can be disheartening.
Claims regarding on these apps’ effectiveness are often based on less than robust findings.
Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.
Many stressors may be coming from interactions with technology: small but frequent frustrations that quickly dissipate, but when added up trigger digital distress.
New Zealand’s acute mental health facilities are not fit for purpose. Although many inpatients are grateful for medication, they lament the lack of access to psychologists and therapeutic activities.
Men, older adults, people with language barriers and racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to be screened for depression.
Pharmacists develop basic mental health knowledge as part of their formal training. But they report a lack the confidence about raising mental health issues with patients.
Research on the impacts on schooling of COVID and bushfire and flood disasters has found academically the kids are mostly OK. It’s their well-being and recovery from trauma that demand our attention.
The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
How do mental health apps compare to in-person therapy? A social worker and expert on technology and human services explains.
Without funding and thorough resources, reforms to our mental health care system will not be effective.
Psychologists have mental health difficulties and illnesses at the same rate as the general population – but the profession has long stigmatized talking about them in public.
Many autistic people struggle to get mental health support, or are missed by the healthcare system entirely.
Mental health charities that provide support via text message have come under fire for sharing users anonymised data.
Our research investigates the connections among mental health, holistic well-being and relational virtues – ideas that many people think of as ethical or religious.
A well-intentioned public health message has had serious negative impacts on the treatment of young people for depression.
Research on how text messaging could provide mental health resources resulted in SaskWell, a texting service for people in Saskatchewan that provides 10 weeks of mental health and wellness prompts.
Two profoundly disruptive events combined to make life even more challenging for UK farmers, and now their mental health is suffering. Here’s what can be done.
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Scientia Professor & Head of the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Psychiatry, Director of National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University
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Professor of Population Mental Health, The University of Queensland
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Karen Martin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Chair professor, University of Liverpool
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Research associate, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Social Work; McSilver Faculty Fellow, New York University
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Senior Lecturer, Center for Study of Human Health, Emory University
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Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, University of Essex
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
