Health Minister Mark Butler describes the atrocious health outcomes, social exclusion and widespread homelessness as ‘a shocking reflection on our community’. The situation is revealed in a report by The Australian and Australian National University.
Indigenous people in remote communities suffer some of the most complex mental health problems yet have an almost complete lack of access to psychiatric and psychology services.
The Haven model has proved not only life-changing for residents with complex mental health conditions, it also results in efficiencies for the NDIS and the health system as a whole.
Since the closure of mental asylums, the ranks of prisoners and the homeless have swelled with the severely mentally ill.
The huge gap in life expectancy between those with severe mental illness and the rest of the population is growing in Australia, with no improvement in sight.
People with schizophrenia experience disability and disadvantage that limits their ability to live a fulfilling life. This is how it often ends.
Patrick Leunig went to a top private school and was set to study law. Then his life spiralled downwards. His grief-stricken father tells of how our system failed his son.
It’s one of the biggest killers of Australians. But new research suggests the number of cases can potentially be halved. And that’s not the only news.
A young Aboriginal man’s escape from hell charts a community win for one of the many cognitively impaired and mentally troubled First Nations offenders who languish in our prison system.
Billie spent more than 1000 days in hospital before she turned 18. Damaged but determined, she is now speaking out for mental health reform.
I am a 29-year-old woman living with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. I spent most of my younger years in and out of the public mental health system. This is my story.
Australia’s broken mental health system has failed hundreds of thousands of people with severe illness with ineffective care – and that’s if they can access any at all. But one initiative may shift the dial.
The rich have more money than most to help stave off ageing. So what are they doing, mainstream and experimental, to stay in tip-top shape?
Parents beware. Standard cognitive tests can’t pick up ADHD and autism in infancy, a new study finds, despite a proliferation of early diagnosis and support programs.
Your child’s ADHD may be just as debilitating as your neighbour’s kid’s autism. A new study finds both conditions are on the same neurodevelopmental continuum. So why have their supports been funded by NDIS and yours haven’t?
The NSW Drug Summit has heard of Oregon’s failed decriminalisation experiment amid expert calls for decriminalisation in the state.
Should we be concerned about a cataclysmic long-term impact on the cognitive functioning of doomscrollers? Try tearing your kids away from the screen to ask what they think.
New research from the UK shows middle-aged women prioritise their health after menopause. But they still lag men, the study shows.
Testing with teenagers for Labor’s world-first ban of social media will begin in coming months, as parents and child safety advocates hail the passing of the new law as a ‘reclamation of childhood’.
With the healing powers of the ocean and the support of like-minded mates, a former big-wave surfer is bringing military veterans and first responders back from the brink.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/health/mental-health/page/4