Mental health support shunned
The condition of young people suffering from psychosis who stopped seeking support during the pandemic has worsened, new data shows.
Mental Health
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.
Defence ignored warnings on SAS
Commanders ignored warnings that redeploying elite soldiers to Afghanistan was impairing their decision-making abilities.
Isolation fuelling eating disorders
The death of Lisa Curry’s beloved daughter Jaimi Kenny has sparked alarm about a COVID-fuelled eating disorder boom.
Covid kills 17 in deadliest day
Victoria faces a rising death toll, fears about mental wellbeing and a high number of health workers contracting the virus.
War families threatened by shrinking cash flow
Selling Legacy House in Brisbane was the toughest call CEO and returned soldier Brendan Cox had to make since leaving the Army.
Golden years for our optimistic oldies
Older Australians are overwhelmingly positive about their lives.
Fly in, don’t fly out: miners do it tough
Miners are doing it tough, with 40 per cent of fly-in, fly-out workers reporting psychological distress.
Young feel pay pain long after recovery
Young working Australians face missing out on $32,000 in lost wages over the next 10 years in a post-COVID-19 world.
Social media stokes health crisis
A dramatic surge in social media use during the pandemic is fuelling the nation’s mental health crisis.
Mental health coaching rings true
A new program could improve the health of up to 450,000 Australians, says Flinders University Professor Michael Baigent.
Men ‘need more emotional support’
When army captain Hugo Toovey looks back on his first battle with cancer, he can see he didn’t seek out the support of mates.
More funds to ease mental health pain
Scott Morrison has acknowledged the impact job losses have had on mental health as he committed $48.1m n funding on Friday.
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