Babies with low vitamin D may have high risk of mental disorders
Australian researchers say they’ve found convergent evidence babies born with vitamin D deficiency are at a higher risk of developing ADHD, schizophrenia, and autism.
Mental Health
Political cynicism and Band-Aid solutions miss key failures in our sickly health system
There’s one big thing missing in our national conversation about health – individual responsibility.
The Aussies who say Apple Watch saved their lives
As Apple Watch celebrates its 10th birthday, we look at its 10 top features and speak to the Australians who say it has saved their lives.
Inside the secretive but growing world of MDMA-led therapy
Shrouded in controversy, tightly regulated but the science far from settled: inside the veiled world of Australia’s legal, cutting-edge, MDMA-led therapy.
DVA to fund psychedelic medicine for veterans with PTSD, depression
Psychedelic medicine is being pushed further into the mainstream with the DVA to fund the therapies for ill veterans, as the TGA weighs up also allowing it for palliative care.
Anzac Day a reminder of the blight of PTSD on veterans
How PTSD is handled in the future may be about to change with a new treatment offering hope for veterans suffering the effects of the debilitating disorder.
People with Alzheimer’s can still empathise with their loved ones
A British study finds empathy remains ‘intact’ as the disease progresses and those with Alzheimer’s even score slightly higher than peers without the disease.
Should a psychiatrist reveal they have autism?
Anna Rebowska was encouraged to pursue a role that required less talking. She didn’t take that advice.
Judgment defines the debate and slams the dogma
Justice Strum’s decision is the best-yet judicial guide to the debate about youth gender clinics.
Gordi: ‘Staying in shape is part of my job on stage’
The ARIA-nominated artist, also known as Sophie Payten, speaks of parallel careers in music and medicine and staying fit while touring (and how she does it).
The real damage of suppressed emotions, especially for men
Many men can’t directly express their distress or anxiety, but repressing feelings can cause extreme anxiety and chronic stress — which can ultimately lead to physical diseases and symptoms.
‘Other mums give their kids sushi for lunch … I’m deciding whether to live another day’
Perth mum Nicole Watts shares her extraordinary and brave story of motherhood and mental illness. What’s it like for her to parent while living on the edge?
The ‘horrifying’ statistic from nation’s construction sites, and the people trying to change it
They’re vital to our nation building, but statistics show construction workers are at an elevated risk of mental harm. These people are trying to change that.
‘Benji says I am 80 per cent easier to live with since I started OCD therapy’
The footballer’s wife turned spiritual guru, Zoe Marshall reveals the crippling details of her disorder, how she can now kiss her kids on the lips, her ‘love’ for a controversial herbalist, and why the Marshalls sleep in different rooms.
Trevor’s domestic violence and abuse is because of football. His wife wants to know when the NRL is going to stop denying it?
Sandra Crow is lifting the veil on what the ugly end of a football career looks like.
Time to cut wasteful hidden fees from the NDIS
Trailing fees and exorbitant hourly costs must be excised from the NDIS to make more money available for those who need it, says a pioneer of the scheme.
Ten new things Gwyneth has taught us about her fabulous life
As she returns to acting, the queen of woo-woo, sexual health and mental healing has given a revealing interview. We have picked out the best bits.
What if doctors could know your anxiety risk through your genes?
Australian researchers are trying to understand what genes could increase a person’s risk of developing an anxiety disorder and how they might respond to treatment.
Hospitals ‘risk losing psych training accreditation’
NSW public hospitals risk losing their accreditation to train junior psychiatrists as the speciality’s medical college performs emergency inspection visits amid a huge shortage of senior staff specialists.
Mass cuts to mental health workforce planned amid staff exodus
NSW public health districts were pursuing a secret policy of swingeing cutbacks to the state’s public psychiatry workforce even as a recruitment crisis was crippling critically underfunded services.
Covid’s surreal shopping frenzy pushed Australia to the brink
In the pandemic’s early days, panicked shoppers cleaned out supermarket shelves – then Team Australia came to the rescue.
I loved lockdowns (no, I’m not deranged)
The idea that those who complied with the laws to protect our health during the pandemic lacked backbone is pretty insulting.
How to treat the next pandemic: apply trust
We will have no excuse not to be prepared for the next global health emergency. And yet, five years after it was declared a pandemic, there is no surety that we have learned the lessons of Covid-19.
Antidepressants may speed up memory loss in dementia patients
Those newly diagnosed with dementia suffered a faster decline in their brain function if they were taking a common antidepressant, a Swedish study suggests.
‘I got the shock of my life’: when the NSW Governor became aware of her diagnosis, she took action
NSW Governor Margaret Beazley was thrown when the results of a general health exam indicated she has a condition that can be a prelude to osteoporosis.
After a double tragedy, this is how Sarah Wheeler found purpose in grief
Driven by sorrow but also determination, Sarah Wheeler embarked on a charity horseback ride 290 days ago. On Saturday, she returns home.
‘Stopgap more harm than good’
The NSW government’s stopgap strategy of relying on locums and visiting medical officers to care for the most severely mentally ill ‘will almost certainly do more harm than good’.
What the government’s boost to menopause support means for women
For women who experience adverse effects of menopause, help can be hard to come by. Soon, experiences such as Reena Murray’s should be the norm, not the exception.
Why Dr Reddy is quitting the system just months from end of training
Dr Nithya Reddy wanted to change the mental health system after enduring unimaginable trauma. Now senior doctors are warning the accreditation of future psychiatrists, like Dr Reddy, is at critical risk in NSW.
Meet the CEO balancing work, life, and triplets
Juggling a corporate job, a personal life, and 13-year-old triplets is not for the faint of heart. But Dan Hunter would not have it any other way.
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