Much of the research on attrition focuses on the first year of university, but little is known about why people drop out later in their studies. A recent study looked at some factors.
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There are many good private alcohol and drug treatment providers, but lack of regulation means some unethical practices are being uncovered. Here’s what you should know about treatment.
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how Syrian refugees are using exercise to improve mental health
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Last year, two researchers flew to Gaziantep in southern Turkey, where about one in four people are Syrian refugees, to explore how exercise might help improve mental health.
Many women experience emotional responses to an abortion, which are normal reactions to a significant event. These are not to be confused with ongoing, serious mental health issues such as PTSD.
Being more caring could lead to more female doctors burning out.
Cannabis use is linked to psychosis, but only a small number of users will experience it.
Today’s students are at increasingly high risk for mental health diagnoses. Universities need to step up.
Unaffordable home loans, poor financial advice and unmanageable consumer credit may have serious consequences for many Australians, beyond bankruptcy and debt. Here’s what the research says.
When students attend a college where the student body is academically weaker than the one where they went to high school, they are more likely to show symptoms of depression, new research finds.
Bipolar disorder is an often misunderstood psychiatric illness. An expert defines it and explains how it is diagnosed and treated.
Many athletes struggle with joblessness, depression or a lack of purpose as they enter retirement.
More than 70% of female students, and 26% of male students, have experienced sexual violence while at university.
Arts on prescription are changing the way we treat health problems.
Researchers are developing gene-based tests to better predict who will respond to different types of medication, and which to avoid.
Here’s the research that explains why President Donald Trump’s limits on transgender military service may be struck down in court again.
Most child sex abuse happens within families, but we still cling on to the Victorian idea of paedophiles as outsiders.
Black youth need programs that develop emotional intelligence – to combat institutional racism, social exclusion and white supremacy. The government’s promised $19 million is not enough.
Youth mental illness rates are not rising. We don’t need more pills or therapy. We need to stop pathologizing normal life.
In NSW and Victoria this week, communities were hit by bushfires. Long after such devastating fires pass, the risks to physical and mental health remain.
In order to prevent school shootings, schools must use threat assessments like the ones that law enforcement uses to protect public figures, a leading expert on school safety argues on Capitol Hill.
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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
