Parents need reliable information on navigating their kids’ screen time and social media use. The Albanese government’s looming social media ban for under-16s is a world-first but more needs to be done, a leading expert says.
The chef, who has just turned 50, struggled at school and with the ‘accounty’ part of business. After a formal diagnosis of dyslexia this year, he now knows why.
Oh dear, what if there’s nothing at all but marketing behind the step count that now rules our lives?
Mental health systems are failing millions, the Productivity Commission has reported in a scathing review of the first three years of Australia’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement.
It is clear now that Meta and TikTok won’t take responsibility for our mental wellbeing. Young women will need to do it themselves – in the only way the social media giants will understand.
Years after Australia approved the use of psychedelics including psilocybin, and decades after a British aristocrat urged scientific analysis, Europe is close to opening the way for treatments.
The newly appointed ambassador for medical cannabis is promising to put patients first, but was employed by corporate executives facing allegations of false advertising and faces a sector riddled with noncompliance.
By a 6-3 vote, justices upheld a Tennessee law barring gender-transition treatments for minors, rejecting claims that the ban amounts to sex discrimination.
Using MDMA, or ecstasy, to treat post-traumatic stress disorder is contested territory and costly. Now Medibank has stepped in to fund treatment.
The University of Tasmania is leading a team of pharmacists in developing oral liquid formulations for 11 of Australia’s most prescribed antidepressants.
Suppressed anger consumed Sam Parker until he learnt how to turn it into something positive.
An Australian study linking brain mass to physical activity has given middle-aged and senior Australians a goal to follow into later life.
When inhaled through the nose, the drug, based on a solution known as ALM (adenosine, lidocaine and magnesium), bypasses the blood-brain barrier and directly enters the brain.
The rock singer, songwriter and author, 69, speaks on fitness, wellbeing, alcohol and drug use and managing severe pain on Cold Chisel’s most recent tour.
The Australian Privacy Commissioner is drawing up an online privacy code for children that could grant them the right to delete data gleaned from gaming or educational apps.
A major mental health meeting of state and Commonwealth ministers is being branded as the re-elected Labor government’s test on mental health.
Kindergarteners are exhibiting problematic sexual behaviour, mimicking what they have seen on the internet, as experts sound the alarm over kids sexually abusing classmates and siblings.
ADHD is a common but misunderstood disorder that can cost patients thousands of dollars for a diagnosis. Soon, access to diagnosis and treatment will become easier for some.
Another well-known former athlete suddenly passing has once again amplified calls for greater awareness of mental health, particularly for men, who are disproportionately higher in statistics of suicide.
Female teachers have described how schoolboys had groped them, air-dropped porn to their work laptops, and taunted them with comments about rape and sexual acts.
We want to create a better world for the children of tomorrow, so why are a billion teens at risk of going ‘backwards’ and what can we do to stop it?
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I’m a career banker. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to find myself taking psilocybin.
Scientists understand for the first time which genes and brain regions are linked to OCD, after a watershed study put millions of brains under the microscope.
NSW’s most ‘dynamic’ paramedics are set to be diverted to mental health interventions, despite union protests.
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