A shearer whose brother and close mate both took their own lives says the heartbreak drove him to sell his property to build a platform supporting others in the industry doing it tough.
Everyday stressors including relationship breakdowns and bills have outstripped mental health as factors behind people having thoughts of suicide, shock new data reveals.
Too many people still refuse to seek help when the trials of the world threaten to overwhelm them, writes the editor.
Swimming champ Leisel Jones has shared a raw mental health update just weeks after opening up about her suicidal moment.
Kids as young as five are staying up late glued to screens — and experts say it’s driving a dangerous rise in anxiety, school refusal and even suicidal behaviour. See the warning signs.
New data shows Queensland has recorded the nation’s biggest rise in alcohol-related deaths, with young adults hit hardest and hospitalisations soaring.
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.
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.
An intervention from her family, marked by a tearful 10-minute speech from her father, turned this international cricket star’s life around.
Barry Du Bois opens up like never before on how he spiralled into the darkness of depression – and came out the other end – after going through things that would break most people.
A cheap, safe and readily available drug has for the first time been used to successfully treat a group with depression.
More than 100 teenagers had their brain scans tracked throughout high school. The results could change our approach to depression.
There are calls for one million Aussies to undertake this first aid course, which is very different to what you might think.
Candice Warner has spoken of the lowest point in her life, detailing the emotional scars she still carries today.
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