Constrictive social norms and views of masculinity still prevent many men from being vulnerable and seeking help, which is impacting their mental well-being.
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Welfare reforms targeted at the sick and disabled won’t boost government coffers. In fact, spending on those who need support and investing in less conditional systems has a real financial return.
With so many people grieving, the notion of doing so in public was seen as tasteless and vulgar. Funerals became smaller, people put on a brave face in public and fewer people wore black.
Substantial economic growth in the psychedelic drugs market has drawn interest from corporations and start-ups. While this may accelerate research, it also sparks concerns about conflicts of interest.
Our society needs to talk more openly about suicide. However, public discussion of suicide carries risks, and it’s crucial that such discussion be informed, sensitive and alert to potential harm.
While for some, gambling might be a source of entertainment, for others, it can lead to significant harms.
One study found 86% of young people had gone through a friendship breakup.
Fran (Daisy Ridley) has a complex and creative inner world that she escapes into in order to feel real.
When someone has mental illness, their families can experience distress, stress, fear, powerlessness, and still love.
Hoarding can start in childhood with no trigger, or later in life after life events such as relationship changes.
People with personality disorders more likely to have a bad trip on psychedelics.
Parents increasingly organise entertainment for their children rather than letting them come up with it themselves.
In a new study, we found art therapy was linked to positive outcomes for children and adolescents in a hospital-based mental health unit.
Alcohol and tobacco use carries significant health risks but they’re legalised – so why not cannabis? Despite the concerns, decriminalising cannabis could have public health benefits.
A bereavement counsellor explains how to cope with the loss of a parent.
This link suggests that understanding and treating one condition could help with managing the other.
The political thought of Hannah Arendt reminds us that we are more than our successes and failures.
Chartered accounting needs professionals who have gone through some healing from their experiences.
This show has lots to say about the confusing time of life in your 30s, when some friends are settling down while others have just booked tickets for a pagan festival.
Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
Top contributors
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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
