Mental Health
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Relax and Recharge: Transforming Your Home into a Wellness Sanctuary for Stress Relief HealthTimes - 26-11-2024
In today's fast-paced world, stress has become a common companion for many. A survey by the Mental Health Foundation found that
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'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids AAP - 24-11-2024
After a childhood marked by family violence, exposure to drug abuse and a school expulsion, a little boy received his first invitation to a birthday party.
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'Incredible attrition': dire warning for small business AAP - 24-11-2024
After years of high inflation taking a toll on customers and business costs, P&V Liquor co-founder Mike Bennie has never seen it so difficult. "I've
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Call for government action to address men's suicide AAP - 20-11-2024
Thousands of empty shoes symbolising the number of men who take their own lives each year across Australia have been placed in front of Parliament House. More
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Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health? AAP - 17-11-2024
When teenager Gianna was going through her darkest times, digital support services helped her see the light at the end of the tunnel. Having been bullied at
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Undervalued and lonely: older Australians struggling AAP - 15-11-2024
Six-in-10 older people say they're experiencing loneliness, with many feeling undervalued by society and struggling to reconnect. Council on the Ageing
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Fresh treatment hope for frontline workers with PTSD AAP - 13-11-2024
Treatment for emergency service workers dealing with post traumatic stress disorder could be transformed with the assistance of new guidelines. A partnership
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Social media a 'scapegoat' for poor mental health AAP - 10-11-2024
Social media is being used as something of a "scapegoat" for mental health issues in young people and isn't what is making them feel depressed, anxious and driven
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Racism, colonialism 'driving Indigenous self-harm' AAP - 08-11-2024
Australia's dark colonial past and ongoing racism are driving self-harm in Indigenous communities, a respected Aboriginal psychologist says. There were
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Financial distress drives record crisis call numbers AAP - 05-11-2024
Record numbers of Australians experiencing financial hardship are contacting crisis support services, as the soaring cost of living takes a toll on people's mental health.
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Wait times for mental health care hit record highs AAP - 31-10-2024
Governments should stop treating funding for mental health as too difficult, the country's peak medical body says, with the public system accused of failing patients.
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Many young people struggle to work due to mental health AAP - 10-10-2024
Many young Australians are struggling to enter or stay in the workforce, as a mental health crisis deepens for those under 25. According to Headspace's
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Not child's play: parents' mental health fears for kids AAP - 09-10-2024
There has never been a tougher time for young Australians navigating adolescence and early adulthood, with eight of out 10 family members fearing for their mental health.
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Shame a barrier as many delay help for mental health AAP - 06-10-2024
More than one in five Australians feel too ashamed to seek professional support for mental health issues, with the cost of living and accessibility of care contributing to
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Banning kids from social media could cause greater harm AAP - 02-10-2024
Banning children from social media wouldn't remove risks to their mental health and could rob them of an important social and emotional lifeline, experts have told a federal
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New Head to Health Kids Hub to Support Children's Mental Health in Perth Rahima Saikal - 23-09-2024
Exciting news for families in Perth, Western Australia: a new Head
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Digital healthcare the solution to unprecedented mental health crisis. Nicole Madigan - 22-09-2024
Australia is in the midst of an unprecedented mental health crisis, according to experts, due to the pressures of modern life, compounded by global events.
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The company whose workforce is 80 per cent neurodiverse Nicole Madigan - 22-09-2024
For neurodiverse Data Analyst, Harrison Robb, finding an employer willing to adapt to his unique needs hasn’t been easy. But since becoming employed at
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The company whose workforce is 80 per cent neurodiverse Nicole Madigan - 22-09-2024
For neurodiverse Data Analyst, Harrison Robb, finding an employer willing to adapt to his unique needs hasn’t been easy. But since becoming employed at
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Promise to improve wellbeing to prevent suicide scourge AAP - 10-09-2024
Tackling the root causes of distress, such as childhood abuse, alcohol and drug-related harm and intimate partner violence, are at the heart of an all-encompassing approach
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