One Sydney hospital kept patients isolated for an average of 24 hours and 25 minutes over a three-month period,new data on seclusion and restraint shows.
Grappling with a bipolar diagnosis,a writer turns to one of his musical touchstones – Kanye West – for insight and understanding.
More than 1 million scripts for medication used to treat ADHD were issued in 2021,amid rising rates of diagnosis in adults.
NSW’s mental health units are struggling to balance the care and safety of both patients and nurses amid COVID-19 infections and staff shortages.
More than half a million Australians suffer with OCD. How does it affect their everyday lives,and what are the treatments?
Memory and walking tests could identify a person’s dementia risk,new research suggests,allowing preventive measures to be introduced early on.
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.
Former prime minister Julia Gillard will urge corporate leaders to help fix the nation’s mental health systems,which she says are “not systems at all”.
The effects of working and learning from home have driven huge demand for psychology appointments,with wait times blowing out to three months for many clinics,data shows.
Spending hours shooting,editing,storyboarding,engaging with fans and balancing the other responsibilities that come with being a successful content creator have taken a toll.
The small clinical trial showed very positive results for most participants,leading to researchers calling for the treatment to be approved for more general use.