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When the product is mental wellbeing, what happens when the cure becomes part of the disease?
For young adults, unmet housing aspirations can affect identity, mental health and wellbeing, and their ability to plan for the future.
People with schizophrenia made up almost 16 per cent of deaths in B.C.’s 2021 heat dome. Their experiences show why cooling must be treated as a right, not a privilege.
A recent study found that people diagnosed with a psychiatric condition were more likely to be married to someone with a similar diagnosis.
The autonomous sensory meridian response may be linked to certain personality types and traits such as introversion.
Professional boxers’ most dangerous opponent is often invisible: depression, brain injury, loneliness.
Female leaders are under pressure to excel, professionally and personally, without showing weakness or strain. The emergence of neoliberal feminism helps explain why, and a milestone in psychology describes what can result.
People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder gain 5kg in five years. The average person gains 1.5kg.
One Australian survey found more than a third of private renters feel their housing situation is harming their mental health.
A national study shows 32% of Year 12 students reported ‘high psychological distress’ in the four weeks before the survey was taken.
To prevent suicide by firearm: Reduce access for youths or adults with suicide risk.
Parents can help their Black and Hispanic teens handle online racism by talking it through, but monitoring internet use can backfire.
Despite high suicide risk, most teens can identify reasons to live, from family bonds to small future dreams – offering hope for prevention.
Most people have treasured old friends they’ve failed to remain in contact with, but only a small percentage are willing to reach out. Why?
The rapid rise in despair before the age of 45, and especially before the mid-20s, has fundamentally changed the lifecycle profile of despair.
New research looks at a unique model in South Australia where an aged-care facility is co-located with a childcare centre. Here’s what the researchers found.
New research points to ways systems could be improved so we have a better idea of how domestic violence is affecting suicides. It may help prevent women’s deaths.
Neurodivergent people may struggle with casual conversations and networking. Efforts to ameliorate workplace settings and routines only go so far.
It’s a stereotype that eating disorders mainly affect people from wealthy backgrounds.
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, Adelaide University
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Professor of General Practice, Adelaide University
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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University