Mental Health

Patients are waiting nearly four days in emergency departments for dedicated mental health beds and are increasingly being treated in general wards, in developments psychiatrists

A worsening psychiatrist shortage in Australia's largest health system has prompted calls to lift restrictions on overseas-trained doctors. Almost two-thirds

Plans to reform the mental-health system in Australia's most populous state could necessitate replacing hundreds of psychiatrists who are threatening to resign.

Interstate psychiatrists are baulking at $3050 a day to stand in solidarity with quitting NSW colleagues as the state resorts to telehealth to deal with an unfolding mental

When Jess sought help in a mental health crisis, emergency doctors pointed her in the direction of a private hospital. "Even though I was, like, acutely

Hospitals are planning to close several vital specialist mental health beds across a state as more than half of public psychiatrists prepare to resign. One

Australia's most populous state is accused of abandoning mental health patients by failing to meet pay demands to retain psychiatrists. The NSW government

The parents of late US PGA Tour player Grayson Murray have announced the launch of a foundation in their son's honour. Murray, who took his own life at

Growing up without the security blanket of a visa allowing a permanent place in Australia leaves asylum-seeking children with worse mental health because of parental stress,

In today's fast-paced world, stress has become a common companion for many. A survey by the Mental Health Foundation found that

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.

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

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

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

Six-in-10 older people say they're experiencing loneliness, with many feeling undervalued by society and struggling to reconnect. Council on the Ageing

Treatment for emergency service workers dealing with post traumatic stress disorder could be transformed with the assistance of new guidelines. A partnership

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

Australia's dark colonial past and ongoing racism are driving self-harm in Indigenous communities, a respected Aboriginal psychologist says. There were

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.

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.