Mental Health
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Nation's 'failing' mental health system needs overhaul AAP - 25-06-2025
Australia's failing mental health and suicide prevention system needs reforms to fix problems including affordability and access, the government's independent advisory
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Coming out an 'indelible memory' with lasting impacts AAP - 22-06-2025
Coming out as LGBTQI to friends and family can be one of the most vulnerable times in a person's life. Despite growing acceptance culturally, research shows
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Loneliness back in top causes of raised suicide risk AAP - 20-06-2025
Isolation and loneliness are back among the top factors for elevated suicide risk following the COVID-19 pandemic, a major report reveals. Cost of living and
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'Alarming' study finds poor mental health among teens AAP - 18-06-2025
Female and gender-diverse teenagers are more likely to experience worsening mental health during high school than their male classmates. A study of more than
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Mental health hit hardest amid exorbitant doctor fees AAP - 17-06-2025
Psychiatry has topped the list of extreme fee-charging medical specialties, with those seeking vital mental health care among the hardest hit. A report from
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Men urged to reach out for judgment-free support AAP - 30-05-2025
Australian men are being urged to reach out for help after research revealed a high number are facing mental challenges impacting their relationships, productivity and quality
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Campaign targets neglect of Aussies' mental health AAP - 22-05-2025
Richard Schweizer considers himself lucky. The mental health policy worker, who lives with schizophrenia, depression and anxiety, has had access to wraparound
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Potential collapse forces worker mental health rethink AAP - 18-05-2025
Psychological injuries weighing on Australia's largest workers' compensation scheme have prompted bleak warnings it will collapse without reform. Businesses
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How physical and mental health connect AAP - 06-05-2025
Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland are all too familiar with what it means to be unwell. Rizvi was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour at 31. Eight years on she
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Veterans still fighting demons long after their service AAP - 05-05-2025
Paul Warren remembers being flung in the air in the rough mountainous terrain of the Baloch Valley in Afghanistan. Then he looked down to see his severed leg.[subscribe]
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Funding for depression treatment breaks 30-year drought AAP - 28-04-2025
A mind-altering medication chemically akin to ketamine will be made cheaper to improve the lives of Australians suffering from treatment-resistant depression - the first new
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Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth AAP - 15-04-2025
Caring for mental health is hitting young people hardest in the hip pocket, with algorithmic social media bleeding into their lives and a cost-of-living crisis weighing on
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Small business owners too overwrought for mental health AAP - 13-04-2025
Small business owners simply don't have time for mental health. They're head of operations, head of marketing, head of sales. They keep customers happy
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Higher bar to prove stress, burnout in compo overhaul AAP - 19-03-2025
Stressed, bullied and burnt-out workers are being blamed for an unsustainable burden on a compensation scheme designed for people who lose limbs or break bones on the job.
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Plea to help unlock common condition's genetic secrets AAP - 18-03-2025
Krish Waje has spent most of her life in fight-or-flight mode. That's how she describes living with anxiety, Australia's most common mental health condition
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Public mental health system 'overwhelmed' as staff quit AAP - 18-03-2025
An underfunded mental health system "driven by crisis" has been highlighted as a stand-off over psychiatrists' pay reaches the courtroom. Successive
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Umpire asked to intervene in mental health doctor fight AAP - 17-03-2025
A battle involving overworked psychiatrists and an underfunded mental health system will come to a head amid calls for urgent action. NSW's acute mental
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Alarm at rise in suicide rate among Indigenous people AAP - 06-03-2025
The true scale of an "alarming" rise in Indigenous Australians dying by suicide may still be under-reported, with concerns about gaps in data and barriers to culturally
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Pathway eases the stress for young people finding jobs AAP - 02-03-2025
Tailored work and study support can improve the mental health of young people and get them into jobs and university, despite concerns related stress has a negative impact.
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Mental health plan to protect both doctors and patients AAP - 23-02-2025
Long hours, complex operations, competition to succeed at the highest level and looking after the lives of patients exact a heavy mental toll on Australian doctors.

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