Could I have done more? The question that haunts me
I knew my friend was in a terrible way – three days before he died I told my wife I was worried he was going to kill himself. But I didn’t tell him that.
Mental Health
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.
Business warns of IR mental health toll
More than a third of small business operators have been diagnosed with a mental health condition amid the cost-of-living crisis, an increase in red tape and Labor’s industrial relations changes.
Di Pilla data centre fund’s ‘upsized’ IPO poised to grow
After a string of big acquisitions and amid significant investor demand, David Di Pilla’s new REIT will list with an IPO of $2.75bn and global ambitions.
How Big Tech created the ‘anxious generation’
The revolution starts here: we’ve over-parented our kids – but let them run wild on social media. Now a growing movement of fed-up parents are fighting to keep kids off smartphones.
Five-year warning for crucial service
Almost one-third of Australian GPs are intending to retire by 2028, placing further pressure on the health system.
Better weapons for the war on suicide
The federal government will establish a national network of 40 multidisciplinary clinics to cater for people with complex mental health.
Feel sad? It’s probably not depression
Despite the circumstances of a global pandemic, most people’s mental health is fine.
Youth advocates for ‘lived experience’
These four young adults share the hope that their peers will benefit from an overhaul of Victoria’s mental health system.
A blueprint to inspire and shape a national agreement
We are at a watershed. Mental illness has been seriously neglected within our society and health systems.
Mental health system ‘catastrophic’
Damning report finds a ‘broken’ system operating in ‘crisis mode’ and in need of urgent reform.
Mental health support shunned
The condition of young people suffering from psychosis who stopped seeking support during the pandemic has worsened, new data shows.
Parents’ grief as ‘trans teen’ taken into care
A transgender-identifying teenager has been taken into care after parents resisted the push for irreversible hormone treatment.
Teen denied help, despite the PM’s promise
A teen suffering serious anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder was told by a mental health crisis hotline she was limited to one call a week, according to her family.
Teen self-harm tripled in lockdown
Sixteen teenagers harmed themselves and were admitted to one hospital’s intensive care unit in just three months during Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown.
Visible means of youth support
A national youth-focused mental health campaign tackling stigma by highlighting the experiences of young Australians launches on Monday.
Fears for pupils who logged off
Schools are battling to get students back to class in the wake of the pandemic and are having to wait six months to get support for teenagers who disengaged from learning.
Suicide rise as women struggle with lockdown
Victorian women in their thirties and forties have emerged as being particularly vulnerable to self-harm during the pandemic.
$870m mental health boost in Victoria
The package will enable the government to implement all interim recommendations from its royal commission into mental health.
Kids’ mental health ‘put at risk’
The adversarial nature of Australia’s family law system is ‘not serving children well’ and damaging their mental health, says Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds.
Men bearing brunt of pandemic pain: ALP MP
Men are the biggest economic victims but their plight is ignored due to false perceptions of male privilege, says Clare O’Neil.
Crisis blamed for rising anxiety levels
Ongoing stress and anxiety for men has jumped 24 per cent throughout 2020, and is worsening as the year wears on, a new study shows.
No work done on mental impact
The Victorian government has not commissioned any modelling on the mental health impact of the state’s prolonged lockdown.
Heartbreaking rate of suicide ‘unacceptable’
Suicide was the leading cause of death among Australians aged 15 to 49 last year, with relationship issues one of the key drivers.
We’ve got your back, Year 12s
Stresses associated with disrupted learning have adversely affected female Year 12 students more than their male peers, according to new research.
Grassroots approach in the Top End
You don’t see suicide coming until it’s too late — especially when it comes to kids. If you did, you would do something, say something, remind the person that they’re loved.
Mental health is a rising issue at work
Mental health-related claims costs have risen 80 per cent in three years, research shows.
Aggression on the rise as finance stress hits home
There has been an eight-fold rise in people ‘acting aggressively toward others’ due to their financial stress since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey finds.
Huge problem with Aussie hospitals
Some patients in critical need of care who go to an emergency department might be better off not going at all, new research indicates.
‘Deficient’ system aided homicide spate
Poor co-ordination between services and out-of-date assessment methods have contributed to the pressure in WA’s mental health system.
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