The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
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How do mental health apps compare to in-person therapy? A social worker and expert on technology and human services explains.
Without funding and thorough resources, reforms to our mental health care system will not be effective.
Psychologists have mental health difficulties and illnesses at the same rate as the general population – but the profession has long stigmatized talking about them in public.
Our research investigates the connections among mental health, holistic well-being and relational virtues – ideas that many people think of as ethical or religious.
A well-intentioned public health message has had serious negative impacts on the treatment of young people for depression.
Teens have been through a lot in the pandemic and things won’t simply go back to normal as the nation opens up. Here’s how to support their mental health during the transition.
Newly published research provides the first ever definition of what it means to feel ‘empty’ — a common struggle rarely recognised by health professionals.
Young people may be at particular risk.
Our research on gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units in Victoria shows many women are not safe in these environments.
Participants of both virtual reality-based and Skype-based therapy sessions voted greatly in favour of using VR, reporting high levels of engagement and realism.
Police are almost always the first responders in cases of mental health crisis. Too often these encounters turn bad, even deadly. But police were never meant to be in charge of US mental health care.
As universities advocate for ‘zero suicide’ frameworks, it is important for university leaders to work at suicide awareness, prevention and response, and to reinforce a culture of compassion.
Mental health researchers based at Queen’s University in Canada and Oxford University in the U.K. are helping universities take the lead in developing improved student mental health care.
Treatment needs to focus on fewer antidepressants, more lithium and supportive group education.
A review has suggested giving patients who are detained in hospital the right to appeal decisions about their treatment. Sadly, this may never happen.
Undergraduate students need a learning community that meets throughout their degrees for workshops and community-building. Such a post-secondary ‘homeroom’ could multiply positive connections.
Cognitive behavioural therapy has become a go to for clinicians treating symptoms of schizophrenia. Recent studies suggest that this is a mistake.
People who attempt suicide can access medical care at their clinics but psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers are not part of the primary health care setting.
In South Africa one of the biggest barriers to suicide prevention is that psychiatric and substance use services are often not integrated.
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Associate Professor in the Psychology Department, Stellenbosch University
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
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Scientia Professor & Head of the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Psychiatry, Director of National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Addiction, University of York
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Chair professor, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Social Work; McSilver Faculty Fellow, New York University
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Senior Lecturer, Center for Study of Human Health, Emory University
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Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Lecturer in urban horticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law and Social Justice, University of Leeds
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Research co-ordinator, University of Pretoria
