Missing a month:Victorian school absences climb to record levels

Missing a month:Victorian school absences climb to record levels

Education Department data shows the number of missed school days is increasing across all age groups. Is it illness or school refusal?

  • byRobyn Grace

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‘Do you still love me?’ The challenges of relationship anxiety

‘Do you still love me?’ The challenges of relationship anxiety

Relationship anxiety is the pervasive and unfounded fear that your partner will abandon you – and it can be crippling.

  • byLa Keita D. Carter
Will earplugs help you sleep? Not if you eat them

Will earplugs help you sleep? Not if you eat them

I’ll have a go at most things that offer a better night’s sleep,but don’t try this one at home.

  • byKerri Sackville
‘Under siege from your brain’:As OCD rates soar,a woman hopes her memoir will help

‘Under siege from your brain’:As OCD rates soar,a woman hopes her memoir will help

As the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder increases sharply,a Melbourne mother of three has written a candid memoir – hoping it helps others to a quicker diagnosis and relief.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Brain worm?! As if I didn’t have enough to worry about

Brain worm?! As if I didn’t have enough to worry about

My newfound obsessive fear of a parasitic worm is irrational,but that’s the human brain for you.

  • byKerri Sackville