New mums face mental health ‘disaster’
Mother and baby mental health units are already refusing intakes as the NSW doctors’ dispute begins to hit patients and fears the shut-down of critically under-resourced services will be catastrophic rise.
Depression
Depression risk lurks in the genes
Researchers say it’s now beyond doubt that depression has a biological basis as well as being the result of circumstance as the world’s largest study into the genetics of the condition identifies almost 700 genes associated with risk.
Doom scrolling really does make you more depressed, study finds
Research suggests that people with poorer mental health are more likely to read negative content when browsing, which in turns makes them feel worse.
Critical shortage of professional help for those at risk of suicide
You’d think there would be help at hand for those so distressed they’re at risk of suicide. A shortage of mental health professionals, especially outside the big capital cities, suggests that’s not always the case.
Lonely? You’re definitely not alone
Who are the loneliest Australians? We break it down.
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.
Reckoning looms for depression drugs
The world’s first psychiatry guidelines on de-prescribing antidepressants have sparked a fierce debate in medicine as the debunked ‘chemical imbalance’ theory comes under scrutiny.
‘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.
One in seven Australians now take antidepressants but are they working?
Depression may not be caused by a serotonin deficiency but boy do SSRIs work.
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