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Articles on Mental health
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When care is equity-oriented, patients report fewer depression and trauma symptoms, less chronic pain and improved quality of life.
The World Health Organisation has classified gaming disorder as an addiction. But it involves more than just playing videogames for hours on end. Here’s how to spot it and what you can do about it.
The New Zealand government has put a record NZ$1.9 billion mental health package at the centre of its well-being budget. It’s a welcome step in the right direction.
Just 5% of US adults say using social media is good for their mental health. A psychologist offers some tips to help the other 95%.
Policies aimed at reducing youth suicide will fail if they don’t acknowledge the cumulative effects of history, associated intergenerational trauma and ongoing violence towards Indigenous Australians.
Researchers are trying to distinguish the signal from the noise.
Into the emotional wilderness of 21st-century society, a marketplace has sprung up with places where people can safely vent.
The popular daytime television show has been axed. Here’s how programme makers can ensure proper aftercare fro reality show participants.
In our efforts to support young people, we might be teaching them to be afraid rather than encouraging them to see exams as a positive challenge.
Chaplaincy is an integral part of campus life within many universities.
A doctor explains how he introduces mindfulness to self-harming youth in the emergency room.
Online abuse has been in the spotlight during this election campaign and AFL season. But researchers and policy-makers alike need to do more to understand cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians.
Although a US study found a spike in teen suicides after 13 Reasons Why first aired on Netflix, rates of suicide are generally on the rise. The last thing we should do is shy away from the show.
People with borderline personality disorder are often treated as if they have a personality flaw, rather than mental health issues stemming from trauma. It’s time we changed its name.
In his new book, Teen Brain, David Gillespie suggests anxiety and other problems are on the rise among teenagers due to smartphones and tablets. This could be true, but his claims are overblown.
A recent review found moral injury was experienced by a wide range of people in different professions, including journalists, police, teachers and soldiers.
As a society, we often don’t think about how legal professionals might be affected by the work that they do.
We blame electronic devices for our increasingly sedentary behaviours. So why not harness them to study our movement patterns and tackle urgent health crises?
Medical school efforts to cultivate good wellness practices and adaptive coping skills in medical students may offer an effective long-term solution to physician burnout.
Top contributors
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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
