Mental Health Australia chair Matt Berriman,a suicide-attempt survivor,is calling for a suicide reduction target to reduce deaths by 25 per cent by 2025.
If you believe the hype,CBD oil can fix just about anything. It stimulates the same response as social contact,chocolate and exercise. But what does the science say and is it even legal?
Faced with his bullying and overbearing behaviour Rita had many explosive confrontations with her boss..
The brutality of medical training saps your humanity until what is left is a shell of the person you were. This cannot continue.
Five different antidepressants didn’t help relieve Elissa,but she is among the first people in Australia to receive a new drug for treatment-resistant depression.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is not what it once was. It is currently being explored to not only treat mental illnesses,but for Alzheimer’s,stroke,epilepsy and OCD.
Researchers have discovered structural differences in the brains of people who attempted suicide compared to those who did not,suggesting a biological factor in some cases of suicidal action.
An untreated mental illness can significantly increase the risk of becoming physically ill,and physical disorders may result in behaviours that make mental conditions worse.
The swimming great has revealed her depression diagnosis and the dark thoughts she had before what would be a triumphant return to the Olympic pool.
Parenting can be hard for everyone,and while new mums have long automatically received the support of an established mothers’ group,experts say fathers should have the same.
I don’t know why I thought snow would be magically immune to climate change. But logically,can you think of anything more vulnerable to rising temperatures than snow?