The odds of recovering from a terrible experience are higher than you might think.
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Just because acid isn’t generally used for mass-casualty attacks doesn’t mean that it doesn’t pose a very real threat.
A bill that would release the 112 children currently in immigration detention in Australia will soon go before the House of Representatives. So what should MPs consider when casting their votes?
First responders are hugely resilient – but here’s what to do when the memories become too much.
The death of a baby, whether born or unborn, is a devastating and traumatic event. More than 2,000 stillbirths occur every year in Australia. But a large number of them can be prevented.
Would you meet with the people found responsible for the deaths of your family members or friends?
Diagnostic labels usually describe symptoms, attempt to answer the question of what is wrong, and lead to a treatment plan. But “borderline personality disorder” fails on all three counts.
How do you deal with child mental health in an area where the cause is ongoing?
The emotional injuries from trauma can be as disabling as the physical injuries. But in the US only a handful of trauma centers employ licensed psychologists to look after patients and and families.
Not everyone has the same reaction to trauma, or recovers in the same way, or in a set time frame.
Boxing is big business but can come at a cost with severe health risks, even death. So what’s being done to reduce those risks?
The death of a 23-year-old boxer has prompted a call by the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association for the sport to be banned in Australia.
The Six Nations tournament has put the sport’s handling of head injuries into an uncomfortable spotlight.
Many of us have asked ourselves in the past few days: can you really falsely remember something as significant as being in a helicopter that was shot down? And many of us probably think “No way,” and quickly…
People in Sydney and the broader community are feeling shocked, anxious, and sad about the actions of a lone, unstable person that led to the tragic loss of lives in the siege early this week. But there’s…
Recently I’ve seen news reports with headlines like this one: “Can Brain Science Help Lift People Out Of Poverty?” This particular article described the near miraculous recovery of a woman who grew up…
When children are deemed at risk of abuse or neglect and are removed from the family home, they are placed in out-of-home care, either with foster parents, relatives or in residential facilities. The latter…
Experiencing trauma has significant implications for mental health. We’ve known this for some time but particularly since the early 1970s after observing and studying the effects of war on American servicemen…
While human beings have always known about the mental health effects of trauma, it was only in 1980 that the term post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, was coined. This acceptance spawned an explosion…
It’s been ten days since missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The search is continuing over a wide area, with Australia now taking the lead over the…
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor, Yale University
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Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Casual Academic, Creative Writing and English Literature, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, University of New England
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Counseling Psychologist, Catholic University of Eastern Africa
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor / Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Research Professor / Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
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Professor of Child and Family Mental Health, University of Bath
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice | Co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
