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Workplace bullying may include belittling the target and often includes a power imbalance.

It’s not only kids who are bullied. Adults have to deal with it too

It may be typically associated with the playground, but bullying among adults can have devastating effects.

  • Shona Hendley

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Melissa Mendoza, who was born in Peru, found information about post-natal anxiety and depression difficult to access in a comprehensible way, even though her English is strong.

Melissa fell through the gaps for post-natal anxiety help. A simple change is fixing that

As the proportion of Australians born overseas hits 30 per cent, ensuring parents from diverse backgrounds get support in a language they can understand is vital, health experts say.

  • Wendy Tuohy
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
Barbara Rugendyke and daughter Sarah.

Barbara lost everything. The road to recovery has taken some unexpected turns

When the media left town and COVID hit, victims of the Black Summer bushfires were left to pick up the pieces. Five years on, here’s what happened to some of them.

  • Penry Buckley and James Brickwood
As many as one in three new mothers access support services such, according to PANDA.

‘I was haunted by flashbacks’: The harsh reality for one in three new mums

Few joys rival the birth of a baby, but for these women, new motherhood was tinged with struggle

  • Elli Jacobs
Drew Dowsley was struck by a train in September, just hours after he was turned away from Gosford Hospital in a state of psychosis. He miraculously survived, and now his family is launching campaign with his mother Helen Dowsley to ensure the tragedy does not happen to anyone else. Helen and Drew looking at old photos of Drew as a child, at their home in Mittagong, Tuesday 4th of February 2025. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Drew was in crisis when he was hit by a train. His family want answers

Five months after Drew Dowsley’s miracle survival, his mother Helen still doesn’t understand why he was allowed to leave a NSW hospital in his darkest hour.

  • Angus Thomson
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Protesters gathered outside Parliament House at a rally calling for the LNP to reinstate healthcare for trans youth in Brisbane on February 8.

‘Completely devastating’: Parents of trans kids open up over Qld’s hormone therapy ban

Two Brisbane mothers reveal how the LNP’s ban on hormone therapy for trans children is affecting their kids.

  • Courtney Kruk
Olivia Ancelet, Aariq Hasan and Noah Zunde all died after being left in a car by their parents.

‘I killed my daughter’: What happens when a forgotten child dies in a car

When the unimaginable happens, families, authorities and communities are left with many questions.

  • Riley Walter
“As I got older, it was easier to find clues that life was worth living, that I deserved happiness, love, friendship.”

‘Clues that life was worth living’: Singer Cat Power on overcoming decades of sadness

The US singer-songwriter on surviving crushing lows, her most deeply held value – and her soundtrack for partying (and heartbreak).

  • Benjamin Law
Teachers are there to educate children – they can’t resolve every problem in their lives.

Teachers can’t heal every child’s scar – and parents shouldn’t expect them to

The fundamental premise of therapy-based approaches in primary schools is that our kids are broken. All of them. And they’re not.

  • Adam Voigt

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