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One in six children in Australia report going to bed hungry – these children are more likely to have mental health problems and be bullied regularly.
Sending mentally ill adults and children long distances for care is unacceptable and must end.
How many more black people need to die at the hands of the criminal justice system?
People who work in the arts often accept terrible working conditions and low (or non-existent) pay as the price of admission – and that has a real impact on mental health.
Employers need to move beyond promoting mental health to preventing psychological harm at work.
The longer someone is unemployed, the worse their mental health gets and this can also hinder them from finding another job, research shows.
Australian discrimination laws offer some protection for employees wanting to disclose their mental illness, but it doesn’t make the decision any easier.
There is only so much trauma an individual can endure before it causes long-term problems for mental health, cognition and behaviour.
A survey has found more reports of discrimination than positive treatment of job seekers with a mental illness.
An endless stream of self-obsessed selfies could signal your narcissistic streak.
Senator Ted Cruz recently stated that he spanks his five-year-old daughter for lying. Spanking kids can cause tremendous damage to kids’ mental health – even if it is an occasional light rap.
One of the UK’s most senior nurses has been forced to apologise after publicly attacking professional practice. Here’s the case for the defence.
Even though mental illness is consistently associated with criminal behavior, these conditions are largely undertreated in our prison system.
Some clinical perfectionists avoid or procrastinate because they fear not being able to meet their desired standards.
Yorkshire Ripper may be moved from Broadmoor Hospital to a regular prison. Does that mean he’s well?
Researchers find the government’s work capability assessment programme is having a big impact. But not a positive one.
The reforms announced today have the potential to change this appalling situation. But ultimately they should be judged on the outcomes they achieve for patients.
While the global health community has made mental healthcare a priority, South Africa is not following suite. The impact is felt most acutely by poor people suffering from mental health disorders.
Rest is an elusive concept, but new research will hopefully nail it down
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, 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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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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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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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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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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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
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Mental Health Researcher, University of Southern Denmark
