‘Suicidal, anxious’: Late-night phone use destroying kids
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Anxiety & Depresssion
What’s behind the spike linked to Qld’s worst alcohol death rise
New data shows Queensland has recorded the nation’s biggest rise in alcohol-related deaths, with young adults hit hardest and hospitalisations soaring.
‘I thought the world would be better off without me’
Growing up Kat felt like an alien dropped off on the wrong planet. They aren’t alone with a heartbreaking 79 per cent of non-binary Australians contemplating suicide.
Mum ‘shocked’ by battle to get mental health help for little girl
An Aussie mum who works in the mental health sector says it took a year, and thousands of dollars, to be able to get her daughter help.
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Kids as young as 6 seek help for suicidal thoughts
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Three scary signs you need to seek help now
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Top psychiatrist’s six tips on the mental health system
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Looking at life like a pizza helps my mental health
This way of looking at life has helped this mum with her anxiety and depression – and it has been a big turning point.
Olympian Cate Campbell reveals how she beat this kind of anxiety
The Olympian has opened up about how she would often sit on the sidelines at training as a young swimmer, too embarrassed to don bathers and enter the pool.
Cornes v Cornes: ‘Contrarian’ Kane grilled by his own dad
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