Top minds pinpoint ADHD cause by thinking big over 20 years

Top minds pinpoint ADHD cause by thinking big over 20 years

Queensland researchers have teamed up with Taiwanese scientists in a 20-year search for candidates,resulting in fresh insights into how ADHD disrupts the brain.

  • byStuart Layt

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Making the future a possibility

Making the future a possibility

Edge Of The Present combines art,research and mental health therapy in astonishing ways.

  • byNick Galvin
Disruptive digital design could help health services reach vulnerable
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Disruptive digital design could help health services reach vulnerable

Many of the highest quality digital mental health interventions were developed by Australian researchers or social organisations:will we take these to scale?

Does the body positivity movement actually promote better health?

Does the body positivity movement actually promote better health?

The body positivity movement has helped shift views,but one expert wonders if we’re still looking in the wrong direction.

  • byDr Nikki Stamp
Delirium:the little known condition costing us billions

Delirium:the little known condition costing us billions

Occurring after surgery,delirium can last anywhere from hours to months.

  • byRachel Clun
'Kids bring more than their lunchbox to school,they also bring their worries'

'Kids bring more than their lunchbox to school,they also bring their worries'

Two Victorian researchers have been honoured in Brisbane on Wednesday for their work supporting the children of people with mental health conditions.

  • byStuart Layt
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Sex abuse victims,betrayed by confidants,at risk of worse trauma:study
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Sex abuse victims,betrayed by confidants,at risk of worse trauma:study

When sexually abused children and young women muster the courage to tell someone,their confidants risk inflicting fresh trauma by doubting them,researchers warn.

  • byKate Aubusson
Sydney CBD stabbing suspect had history of mental health problems:police

Sydney CBD stabbing suspect had history of mental health problems:police

The 20-year-old man allegedly responsible for a stabbing spree in Sydney on Tuesday had a history of mental health problems.

  • byKate Aubusson
Mental health system fails children in out-of-home care

Mental health system fails children in out-of-home care

The state children’s watchdog has submitted a scathing analysis of Victoria's fragmented and underfunded mental health system to the mental health royal commission.

  • byMiki Perkins
Anorexia has genetic links,world-first research finding shows

Anorexia has genetic links,world-first research finding shows

It's hoped targeted medicines can be developed after eight genes were found to have direct links to anorexia,with"hundreds"more expected to be found.

  • byStuart Layt
Father's killing a story of'severe,untreated mental illness':judge

Father's killing a story of'severe,untreated mental illness':judge

If a mentally ill man had remained on a community treatment order,he likely would not have killed his father and stabbed his mother,the judge concluded.

  • byHeather McNeill