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Adopting a healthy lifestyle in midlife will set you up for a better quality of life as you age

Seven surprising midlife habits to stave off dementia

As lifespans extend, focus has shifted from the number of years we have left to the quality of life we will enjoy. These seven habits tackle “modifiable risk factors” for dementia.

  • Charlotte Lytton

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Habilis adapted an old furniture factory and warehouse with the help of $3 million in philanthropic donations and a $1 million grant from the NSW Minister for Mental Health.

Could this be the most efficient form of welfare?

Many people living with severe mental illness are homeless, and often end up in hospital or jail. Could dedicated housing be the answer?

  • Julie Power
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission chair commissioner Treasure Jennings.

Mental health watchdog muzzled by ‘drastic’ budget cuts

Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission chair Treasure Jennings says the funding cuts leave the commission unable to do the work it was established to do.

  • Chip Le Grand and Grant McArthur

‘I was winning races’: The link between eating disorders and elite athletes

Eating disorders are more common among athletes than the rest of the population, yet they too often fly under the radar. Three athletes discuss their struggles and what finally set them on the path to recovery.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

‘My mind is full of scorpions’: What it’s like living with this mental illness

The writhing black mass that lives inside my head is obsessive compulsive disorder.

  • Tuppence Middleton
An excerpt from an internal NSW Health document detailing the cost of a pay rise for psychiatrists.

The early warning that put a price on fixing the state’s psychiatrists crisis

The public was told giving psychiatrists a pay rise will cost $700 million. Internal government documents suggest it would cost a lot less.

  • Kate Aubusson
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A new study suggests that consistently working a longer week changes the way your brain works, impacting critical thinking and emotional responses.

How working long hours may be changing your brain

Putting in the hours but spinning your wheels at the office? New research suggests that working a longer week may be to blame.

  • Michael Searles
Associate Professor Andrea Phillipou, principal research fellow at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne.

Anorexia is the deadliest mental health condition. Experts say we are treating it completely wrong

The biased idea that anorexia nervosa affects only young, affluent women, and an emphasis on weight restoration, are contributing to such a lack of research; there have been no treatment breakthroughs for 50 years.

  • Wendy Tuohy
The trend shines a spotlight on men’s mental health and the importance of platonic friendships.

Men are wishing their friends ‘goodnight’ on TikTok. It’s more than a cute trend

The viral social media trend is showing men how to connect with their friends in simple, but effective ways – and providing a bit of fun along the way.

  • Hannah Kennelly

‘It gave me hope’: How a single AI session put Kelly on a path to eating disorder recovery

In a world first, chatbots are the latest tool in the fight to help eating disorder sufferers conquer their demons.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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