Psychology

Tweaks permitting general practitioners to prescribe ongoing ADHD medication have been hailed as "life-changing", despite less than one per cent of eligible doctors

Psychedelics could significantly alleviate the anguish, debilitating depression and death-anxiety often experienced by the terminally ill but its implications could be much

Psychologists are urging the federal government to reverse a decision to slash subsidised mental health sessions in half. The changes are due to come into place

Unconvinced that watching a few extra episodes of Bluey was having the devastating impact on children's health that some claimed, one researcher set out to prove screen

Australian children with disabilities are experiencing disproportionate rates of domestic and family violence and being failed by support systems, researchers have warned.

More Australians are feeling lonelier now than before the COVID-19 pandemic, research has found. The latest research released on Friday from Telstra's Talking

Teenage girls were more stressed than boys during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their mental health should be a greater focus if there is a similar outbreak

A Queensland physiotherapist digitally raped a female patient before sexually assaulting another later that day, a court has been told. Scott Alexander Stuart

The demands of treating mentally ill veterans are so challenging and the work so poorly paid, there is a chronic shortage of psychiatrists for those with serious psychiatric

A respected Queensland psychologist who used the names of patients' family members to receive almost $110,000 from bogus bulk bill claims has been jailed.

Justine Knott woke in the middle of the night to a loud explosion and felt terror course through her body. She grabbed her then nine-year-old from his bed,

Grazia Pezzimenti, 32, was pregnant with her third child during Melbourne's lockdowns in 2020. "It was a very different experience to previously, much

The mental health of workers’ took a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic – and a new study has confirmed this was influenced by a combination of remote-working, isolation,

Tackling some of the myths about depression could help combat the illness in the same way as cancer or heart disease. But reducing the stigma alone won't

Checking work emails or responding to texts or calls during holidays or after hours could lead to burnout, psychological distress and poor physical health, new research has

Earlier this year, Prince Harry revealed he has used a therapy called EMDR to cope with anxiety and trauma, including trauma resulting from his mother Princess

Scientists have found the ‘Groundhog Day’ effect of lockdown affects our memory and cognitive ability. While there’s a lack of data on the

‘Panic buying’ might be a normal human response to uncertainty, after all. People around the world dramatically changed their shopping

With the introduction of mandatory masks in Victoria and other states advocating for their use, experts say it can be a serious concern for trauma survivors.

Psychiatric classifications catalogue the many forms of mental ill-health. They define what counts as a disorder and who counts as disordered, drawing the boundary