Mental Health

Flooding across NSW has delayed the rollout of a national program to connect with people with experience in Australia's mental health and suicide prevention systems.

It is unclear whether mental health support and services are adequately supplied to serving ADF personnel on deployment, a royal commission has been told. On

Taking the stigma out of addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder would have saved Baden Hicks two decades of pain and misery. The 36-year-old Melburnian,

Victoria's mental health complaints system will undergo changes after a report criticising incidents of seclusion and use of restraint. Complaints processes

A new Victorian mental health and wellbeing act will be introduced to parliament as the state government invests $200 million to improve support in schools.

The introduction of COVID-19 restrictions coincided with many Australian men seeking professional mental health help for the first time in nearly a decade.

Australia's veterinary industry is in the midst of a mental health crisis. New research shows nearly 70 per cent of vets have lost a colleague or peer to

Thirty Victorian mental health hubs will keep operating for another 12 months to bridge the gap between permanent facilities opening. The decision, announced

Whether you are working at a leading SEO agency or are a Doctor, in today’s world maintaining your mental health

Popping a party pill like MDMA could one day be prescribed as part of an effective mental health treatment plan. CSIRO researchers in Australia and international

When I was a child in the 1980s, the people I knew with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were hyperactive boys

New mothers with mental illness from around NSW will be able to keep their newborns with them while they get the care they need. The first public mother and

Thursday's economic blueprint will include an additional $181 million for new and expanded programs with total spending across the sector rising by 13 per cent.

Throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard much about health-care worker burnout. But what we haven’t heard much about is its effects on patients.

As demand for mental health support surges during the pandemic, trainee psychologists are struggling to complete their qualifications, prompting many to drop out of their

The demand for regional mental health services has spiked since the coronavirus pandemic, forcing many psychologists to close their books because they can't keep up.

During the almost two years of on-again off-again COVID lockdowns, we heard lots of concern from many different corners

Nearly two thirds of calls for help from young Victorians went unanswered as the demand for Kids Helpline spiked during the pandemic. Close to 123,000 Victorians

Victorians will get better access to mental health care as the federal government splashes nearly $250 million on more support services. In a separate announcement,

A study that showed changes in the brain in those at risk of developing bipolar disorder raises new hope about early intervention. A brain imaging study of