The rock singer reveals how he balances his physical and mental health while touring, how following doctors’ advice saved his life in 2009, and why he finds inspiration in The Rolling Stones.
The NSW government has escalated its brinkmanship with its psychiatry workforce, refusing to pay them more and warning of the widespread impacts of mass resignations.
As 201 out of 260 staff specialist psychiatrists quit in NSW, trainees are being pushed to take up more frontline care – sparking fears for their wellbeing and that of their patients.
When I called for men to talk about their mental health, the comments from readers described how they really felt. Here’s how they responded.
Chloe* was always a bit of an anxious child and it seemed to be getting worse each year.
It’s time to up-end our approach to handling childhood and teenage anxiety, two clinical psychologists say. Parents and teachers can start by ‘starving it of attention’.
Despite public awareness campaigns and cultural shifts, men still struggle to talk about their mental health, meaning issues fester and can result in dire personal, social and relationships consequences.
Despite weak evidence supporting its use, about half a million Australians have been prescribed it, fuelled by a system where doctors are paid for every prescription they write.
Health authorities are sounding the alarm as teenagers present to emergency rooms with seizures, cyclical vomiting or psychosis. A mother explains: ‘It was like someone replaced my daughter with someone else’.
A new study finds that cab and ambulance drivers have low rates of death from Alzheimer’s.
Being diagnosed with ADHD shed light on some of my behaviour and difficulty with navigating life but there was little help or guidance on what to do next.
The Albanese government is committing $440m to boost culturally appropriate aged-care services for First Nations people and enhance the Commonwealth Home Support Program.
This discussion is now at the forefront of women’s health, and a whole-of-society approach is recommended to destigmatise this naturally occurring life event.
As research shows that wine can be good for your heart, here are other ways festive foods, drinks and traditions can benefit both body and mind.
She’s smart and successful, but perimenopause left Katherine Milesi rattled. Then the former Deloitte executive realised corporate Australia was in need of a strategic plan.
About two-thirds of NSW public hospital staff specialists say enough to a system in crisis.
Think baby teeth care is futile – or not a big deal – because they fall out later as adult teeth come through? Think again.
Trainee psychiatrists say they fear for patient safety and have been coping with untenable workloads as registrars in the specialty add their support to an uprising.
Many on Wall Street see Adderall and Vyvanse as tools to plough through long hours of tedious work amid high-pressure competition. In Australia the equivalent to Adderall, Dexamphetamine, is known as a party drug.
Thousands of psychologists and mental health social workers providing counselling for Australia’s soldiers and military veterans have not been paid up to $50m in superannuation for 12 years by the federal government.
Almost one in five psychiatrists employed in NSW public hospitals have tendered their resignations, with more to come, in an extraordinary bid to stem a mutiny of public sector doctors and improve patient care.
Staff specialist psychatrists are threatening a mass walkout after the NSW government failed to offer them a single extra dollar in pay, despite a critically depleted workforce.
Following a national tour in support of her chart-topping third album, Sunday Sadness, ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter Amy Shark reveals her secret to balancing health, diet and wellbeing on the road.
Mental Health Australia is calling on both sides of politics to prioritise mental health, as polling reveals nearly two-thirds of voters back parties that raise funding.
A former chair of Mental Health Australia, who quit this year in frustration at the lack of progress in addressing need, offers a blueprint for reform.
One of the nation’s most prominent psychiatrists says those with the most severe conditions are critically neglected and marginalised, as the AMA calls for systemic reform.
The neglect of all of those living with severe mental illness boils down to a single driving factor. We think it is indifference.
The severely mentally ill were promised a better future after asylums were mothballed. The promises were hollow.
Matt Berriman, who suffers from bipolar disorder, says Australia’s mental health system almost cost him his life when he was admitted four years ago. Now he wants to see change.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam the only political leader in Australia with a policy to ban the use of puberty blockers, which have now been barred by the UK Labour government.
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