There is growing concern about school refusal rates in Australia. But experts caution against parents simply forcing kids back to the classroom.
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Public policies should be looking to increase awareness of the link between alcohol and suicide and to assess and treat problematic alcohol use as a way to prevent suicide.
New York City’s plan has garnered the most attention – and criticism – but several cities are expanding their own intervention programs.
Social media is ubiquitous but can make us feel down, when we compare our reality to unrealistic social media posts.
The closure of the virtual Connect-Clinic means fewer trans and non-binary people will get the vital health-care services they need.
We studied 1.4 million people in Sweden who had been treated with beta blockers.
It turns out that there are some benefits to all the time we spend commuting.
Many kids are nervous about starting a new school year. But some children will experience a level of anxiety about school that causes them significant problems.
Hearing someone’s voice can decrease feelings of loneliness and anxiety
Dancing in a group – in a class, in a club, at a wedding – is social. So it could be just the thing for 2023, if the gym isn’t for you.
Yoga’s surge in popularity in the past decade has spurred more research into its effects. The combination of physical movement and mindfulness provides a wide range of health benefits.
New study reveals that ADHD personality traits are closely linked to common mental health problems, even more so than autism.
You don’t have to have a mental illness to get the benefits. Here’s how you can use what we’re learning from our research to boost your own mental health.
Silence in mental illness comes in many forms. Some of it is even empowering.
One way to prevent mental health challenges in children: Recognize and treat the mental health issues of their parents.
Alberta’s new policy on psychedelic-assisted therapy for mental illness may set a precedent that moves Canadians one step closer to accepting psychedelics as medicinal substances.
Mindfulness, one of the most common forms of meditation, is a skill that must be cultivated and practiced. With some training and discipline, it can help anyone live more fully in the moment.
Admissions, a varied collection by writers with lived experience of mental illness, is confronting, challenging, often surprising – and open to interpretation.
Candice Carty-Williams’ Queenie navigates dating as a Black woman, living in a Black body, and what it’s like to straddle two cultures while never really feeling as though you fit.
Dancing requires physical, social and cognitive engagement and, as a result, it may bolster a wide network of brain regions.
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
