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Anxious students in mathematics can be three years and four months behind in the subject compared to their least anxious peers.

The subject students are failing – can you pass the quiz?

An analysis of Australian international test results shows some pupils are almost four years behind in learning due to maths anxiety.

  • Christopher Harris

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One in five young Australians have been cyber bullied.

Young people, their stress and the one-way news overload

Millennials and Gen Z-ers may seem to some critics to be backbone-free “snowflakes”, but even psychologists are now talking about “the anxious generation”.

  • Miranda Levy
Sarah Hayden and Teddy the pony, one of her equine psychotherapy animals for her work with girls and women diagnosed with autism.

‘My brain has 50 tabs open’: Being diagnosed with ADHD at 48 put Sarah in a fast-growing group

Sarah Hayden was well into adulthood when she learnt she had ADHD. Researchers say Sarah and other cases are a diagnostic “correction” and not a TikTok trend.

  • Wendy Tuohy
A coroner is investigating the death of new mum Sarah Skillington.

Sarah gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Less than two weeks later, she died in a mental health ward

A new mother who died within days of being admitted to a private perinatal hospital for anxiety was left unwatched for hours, in breach of hospital protocol, before she was found dead.

  • Erin Pearson

According to Oprah, it’s life-altering. So what is the ‘let them’ theory?

Friends making plans without you? Let them. Dating someone who’s sending you mixed signals? Let them.

  • Emily McGrorey

Worry, anxiety and stress are all different. Here’s how to tell them apart

It’s important to know the difference because each requires different coping strategies, experts advise.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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Managing your mental health requires more than a monthly appointment.

Ready for resolutions? A psychologist recommends you prioritise this

If someone told you all you needed to do to maintain physical health was visit a doctor once a month, you’d laugh. So why do we think it’s true of our mental health?

  • Ahona Guha
Former premier Daniel Andrews with the now premier, Jacinta Allan.

Labor promised to fix our mental health crisis. I made the mistake of believing them

Three years after accepting all 74 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, the government’s actions aren’t tracking well.

  • Simon Katterl
Trigger warnings have become ubiquitous to television, podcasts and social media posts.

The biggest problem with trigger warnings? They’re quite triggering

Though intentions may be good, trigger warnings have become more about the people making warnings than those assumed to need them.

  • Bianca Denny
Parenting has always been stressful, but now it’s different, experts say.

Has parenting really become too hard? Experts certainly believe so

Many parents are at the breaking point of stress, and some say parenting has become too hard. What can we do to bring the joy back?

  • Sarah Berry

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/anxiety-6g78