Efficient recording of risk factors in electronic medical records can help general practitioners identify and provide preconception care to women who may most benefit from it.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
For Dr Anton Isaacs, initial thoughts of surgery specialisation turned into a 20-year journey that’s taken him into the heart of vulnerable communities in Australia and India.
For too long, some women with mental health issues have been wrongly told they have “women’s problems”, and “there’s not much we can do”.
Unclear and often mixed messages have contributed to public confusion that has arguably placed people’s health at risk.
A rise in psychological distress among young Australians, compounded by COVID-19 and difficulties in getting professional help, has added to the urgency of mental health education in schools.
Researchers are using the “It takes a village” concept as the foundation for international projects to strengthen support networks for children, particularly in rural and regional areas.
We tend to think of “psychedelics” as illegal, mind-altering substances, but they might just be the key to unlocking a revolution in mental health treatment.
Teens have been through a lot in the pandemic, and things won’t simply go back to normal as the nation opens up. Here’s how to support their mental health during the transition.
New research shows the ongoing effects from critical illness with COVID-19 can be long and serious.
A new study shows almost one in four university and vocational education students report extremely high levels of distress during the pandemic.
Find out how privilege and disparate levels of access to basic resources such as education are contributing to social inequality in Australia – threatening the egalitarian ideals of 'the land of the fair go’.
The four main contributors to poor mental health in older women include illness and disability, financial insecurity, maltreatment, and loss and grief.
Researchers are exploring the medical frontier of psychedelics, and their use in facilitating psychotherapy for common mental illnesses.
Researchers say professional services must be proactive, and provide targeted prevention and intervention initiatives to children and parents living with parental mental illness.
There’s more we can do to help ourselves and others in such challenging times, and mindfulness may be one approach that can sustain us.
We need a different and tailored approach to preventing violent deaths in older people, who are among the most vulnerable in our society.
By being given a platform for her voice, the pop singer highlights the broader institutional forces that accompany and compound mental illness.
If there's ever been a time for a paradigm shift in the way we conceptualise mental health and treat mental illness, it's now.
Bringing dignity to people affected by homelessness is just one of the many ways Dr Robert Gillies OAM is changing lives.
A study has exposed the yawning gaps in our society due to the removal of face-to-face interactions in schools, and the intense pressure on their leaders.
On this episode we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.
Self-isolation is an alien concept to most people, but there are ways we can mitigate the stresses it brings.
Migrant visa holders have for years been feeling the pain of family separation that many of us are now experiencing in isolation.
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