Suicide strategy delay risks lives – advocates
A delay in finalising a national suicide strategy is leaving support services uncertain about their future, advocates say.
Mental Health
Call for national strategy to tackle drugs shortage
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.
Schizophrenic calls to improve mental health services
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.
Waking up to Australia’s sleep crisis
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.
‘Frankly, it’s frightening’: our kids are far from all right
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.
Sexy TikTok videos take toll on teen girls
Sudden social media fame is catching teenagers off guard, leaving many unprepared for the attention they thought they wanted.
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