Half of patients who taken antidepressant medication for more than six months experience withdrawal symptoms when stopping that can include ‘brain zaps’, anger and irritability, dizziness, nightmares, anxiety, panic and agitation.
Concerned about a young loved one’s mental health? You’re not alone, and starting a conversation about it with them is challenging. Here’s some advice on what do.
Australian judges are relying on precedent based on ‘outdated’ medical information when allowing gender dysphoric children to access permanent treatments, a barrister says.
Australia has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, but like other high-income English-speaking countries such as the US and Britain, there’s a serious problem for those under 50.
Super industry backs moves to stop DV perpetrators benefiting financially from the death of their partners, following revelations an abuser was awarded a $65,000 payout when his wife took her own life.
Queensland’s Mental Health Act will be reviewed to examine whether prisoners should be left unguarded in public hospital psychiatric wards, if the Labor government is re-elected.
An extra 500 new psychologists are being injected into the Australian workforce through a commonwealth grant program intended to break a university bottleneck.
Nurses are being assaulted by unguarded, violent prisoners in Queensland hospital psychiatric units, under laws that mean prison officers have no jurisdiction in the state’s public mental health wards.
Jacqui Lambie is one of 15 Australians who shared the story of their darkest days – and how they found their way back – in John Brogden’s surprisingly hopeful book.
My left cheek hit the dirt first. The momentum of the tackle carried the rest of my body over the top of my head, cracking my neck. Instantly, everything stopped. Everything went silent. Everything went cold.
Friends star spent his life searching for healing in a world willing to sell it.
A delay in finalising a national suicide strategy is leaving support services uncertain about their future, advocates say.
The ongoing drug shortage means sick kids are receiving second-tier chemo, surgeries are being cancelled because of IV fluid shortages and ADHD meds are in short supply.
While we’ve become more open about depression and anxiety, schizophrenia has slipped further into the murky shadows. This is what it’s like to live with.
Medico and long-time insomniac Michael Mosley was offered a good night’s sleep as part of a groundbreaking Flinders University trial. His results have ramifications for us all.
One in three of primary school children ‘feel bad for long periods of time,’ while 53 per cent of secondary school children ‘feel very stressed’. Something seismic is going on across the nation.
Sudden social media fame is catching teenagers off guard, leaving many unprepared for the attention they thought they wanted.
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