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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.
Individuals who experience suicidal thoughts can show signs of this in the language they use. We analysed more than 100 suicide notes to find these language patterns.
Our study shows almost one in four university and vocational education students report extremely high levels of distress during the pandemic.
Newly published research provides the first ever definition of what it means to feel ‘empty’ — a common struggle rarely recognised by health professionals.
Current mental health services aren’t targeted at young people. The few that are specialise in either complex mental health disorders, or newly emerging ones. We need a place that does everything.
It’s worth recapping what’s known about how Australia’s chaplaincy program has operated so far, and what alternatives exist.
In the absence of serious efforts by mental health centres, shelters and youth group homes to prevent people from running away from their facilities in the first place, police involvement is necessary.
Young people may be at particular risk.
Federal incentives would enhance community support for those with mental illness and would avert police engagement.
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.
Proponents of ecotherapy say getting back to nature can improve our mental health, wellbeing, and self-esteem.
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.
Researchers found that between 2008 and 2016, self-harm rates among Danish teenagers actually decreased.
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.
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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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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Professor of Population Mental Health, The University of Queensland
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Karen Martin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Chair professor, University of Liverpool
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Research associate, University of Pretoria
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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, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, University of Essex
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
