A well-intentioned public health message has had serious negative impacts on the treatment of young people for depression.
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Research on how text messaging could provide mental health resources resulted in SaskWell, a texting service for people in Saskatchewan that provides 10 weeks of mental health and wellness prompts.
Two profoundly disruptive events combined to make life even more challenging for UK farmers, and now their mental health is suffering. Here’s what can be done.
Peer support, opportunities to engage in responses to combat racism and bias and culturally responsive counselling are important for the mental health and well-being of international students.
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.
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Occupational Therapist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Scientia Professor & Head of the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Chair professor, University of Liverpool
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Psychiatry, Director of National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University
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Clinical Psychologist, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in urban horticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Social Work; McSilver Faculty Fellow, New York University
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Consultant Psychiatrist Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor in Psychotherapy, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University
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Research co-ordinator, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Population Mental Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University of Hertfordshire
