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Articles on Mental health
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Instagram’s experimental move to hide the ‘like’ count on social media postings could lighten the mental strain for many users - or simply turn comments into the new likes.
Prisoners who took part in an eight-week yoga trial in a Canberra prison showed improvements in their levels of depression, anxiety and stress, as well as an increase in self-esteem.
People suffering from mental illness face many challenges, but we don’t always notice the loved ones who do much of the caring behind the scenes.
Without a place to live it is nearly impossible to take care of your mental health needs.The upcoming Royal Commission should recognise the connection between stable housing and mental health.
Men are feeling more and more pressure to get rid of their love handles and beer bellies – and heavy promotion of unrealistic appearance standards are to blame.
Zero-hours contracts exploit workers and need to be banned.
Research has found that students suffer lower levels of well-being when they don’t regularly use their greatest strengths of character.
UK research indicates outcomes for children with mental health problems may have become worse in more recent generations.
In Australia, the highest rates of mental illness can be found in the poorest sections of society. But poor people with mental disorders often struggle to access the care they need.
Because professional athletes are thought to be paragons of physical and mental toughness, their psychological health has long been a taboo topic. That’s starting to change.
A culturally specific screening tool for depression has been successfully tested among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. This is why it’s so important we start rolling it out.
Only through discussion and recognition of service and veteran mental health issues can these tragedies be prevented in the future.
Heart disease and stroke is the leading cause of death for Australian women. There are many risk factors for heart disease, but one we don’t pay enough attention to is poor mental health.
Youth who are sexting are four times more likely to be having sex. They are five times more likely to have had multiple sexual partners and twice as likely not to be using contraception.
A new study shows that moderate to intense physical activity — such as playing soccer or running — for up to 50 minutes per day is associated with better mental health.
The aim was to understand intense social problems that accompany people’s medical problems.
Those least likely to get professional help for their mental health conditions were girls, younger children, and children from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
There are reasons to be skeptical, of both the quality of the evidence presented so far and the questionable assumptions that underlie claims of improved cognitive function after brain training.
Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed.
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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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Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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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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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Mental Health Researcher, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
