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It took months for Scarlett Paige to be diagnosed with epilepsy.

Brainstorm: Australian inventor may have key to predicting epilepsy seizures

Scarlett Paige had the world at her feet. And then she couldn’t control her mouth. It took months to be diagnosed with epilepsy but a new device could change that.

  • Liam Mannix

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Prince Andrew with Virginia Roberts Giuffre (centre) in 2001 and Epstein’s then personal assistant Ghislaine Maxwell.

Virginia Giuffre’s suicide draws line under Prince Andrew’s hopes of redemption

The death of Virginia Giuffre brings to a tragic close the most unedifying and damaging royal scandal in living memory.

  • Hannah Furness
As more younger people enter the workforce, taking time off for your mental health is becoming more common and less taboo.

The uncommon leave more and more workers are taking

As more younger people enter the workforce, taking time off for your mental health is becoming more common and less taboo.

  • Cathy Bussewitz
Veteran’s advocate Julie-Anne Finney, with a photo of her son David,  and John Schumann in front  of pictures of service people who have taken their lives.

‘I’m running out of ways to forget’: For many, the war is never over

There is a parallel world that moves through Anzac Day. It is the shadowland inhabited by those who served this country. It is a land defined by its loss.

  • Warwick McFadyen
Jessica Rain Jones and her mother Jennie Jones. Jessica was an indigenous woman who died while at St Vincent’s mental health unit.

‘They took my child from me’: Families call for change after Indigenous suicides in same hospital

After the suicides of two young Indigenous women in a Melbourne mental health ward, the women’s parents are demanding answers and justice.

  • Erin Pearson

Want to make good habits stick? Try this beautifully simple technique

You may unknowingly be using this method already, but now there’s science to back it up. Its potential for change lies in its simplicity.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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Ella Rich.

Ella was locked in a psych ward at 19 weeks pregnant, but doctors had misdiagnosed her

The pregnant mother of two just wanted some relief for severe nausea. She was in disbelief when she was later admitted to a mental health unit.

  • Kate Aubusson
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A woman thought she had a stalker. Authorities sent her to a psych ward

This masthead has uncovered a series of disturbing cases where women say they have been disbelieved, misdiagnosed, and wrongly admitted to mental health wards. Others have been told their pain is “all in their head”.

  • Aisha Dow and Kate Aubusson
Easter is a great opportunity to celebrate with family.

Dreading time with family this weekend? Try these ideas for a harmonious get-together

For some, time with family is enriching. For others, it can be more challenging. Here are some ideas to set you up for an enjoyable day.

  • Robyn Willis
Police outside the scene where two men, a woman and a teenage boy were found dead.

Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later, four people were dead

A coroner has found the four friends died of an overdose of nitazines, synthetic opioids 100 times stronger than heroin.

  • Erin Pearson

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