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Australia’s deadly workplace crisis: Hidden epidemic in job world

Australia’s deadly workplace crisis: Hidden epidemic in job world

TRAVELLING through New York on a train, Catherine Plano suddenly felt as though the carriage was caving in. She couldn’t breathe, her hands felt numb and she lost all sensation in her legs. The high-flying Melbourne [...]

Staying connected can improve your health

Staying connected can improve your health

In an effort to ward off the loneliness that followed his wife’s death, a 94-year-old man in Minnesota decided to install a swimming pool in his backyard for the neighborhood children. His backyard is now a [...]

The link between poor mental health and low income

The link between poor mental health and low income

Have you ever been so skint that you had a nap for dinner? We’ve all had times when we’ve been waiting patiently for payday and living on a shoestring until then. It feels depressing knowing you [...]

3 In 5 Diabetes Patients Struggle With Emotional Or Mental Health Issues

3 In 5 Diabetes Patients Struggle With Emotional Or Mental Health Issues

More needs to be done to support people with diabetes, as three in five currently struggle with emotional or mental health issues, a charity has warned. A large-scale study by Diabetes UK asked 8,500 people of different [...]

Govt warned 10 years ago of problems in aged mental health care

Govt warned 10 years ago of problems in aged mental health care

A report presented to the State Government a decade before the release of the Oakden report last month warned that mental health services for older people were the most understaffed and underdeveloped in the state.   [...]

Study: Mental health mobile apps are effective self-help tools

Study: Mental health mobile apps are effective self-help tools

When it comes to strengthening your mental or emotional health, would you trust an app? A trio of Brigham Young University health science researchers has published new research that says the answer is yes. The group [...]

Victorian police mental stress days jump dramatically

Victorian police mental stress days jump dramatically

MENTAL stress and injury cost 72,000 police shifts in the past year amid a dramatic escalation of sick days. The colossal loss of days is the equivalent of more than 350 full-time Victoria Police members off [...]

Fighting fires at the source by identifying kids who need mental health support

Fighting fires at the source by identifying kids who need mental health support

The word “arsonist” conjures a clear image in our collective cultural imagination: a person whose attraction to fire is so unhealthy, it outweighs their regard for human life and property. However, the profile of someone who [...]

With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit

With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit

Around 2012, something started going wrong in the lives of teens. In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression – [...]

Why it’s important to look after our children’s mental health – right from infancy

Why it’s important to look after our children’s mental health – right from infancy

When it comes to mental health, our attention tends to focus on adults and older children. But experts are saying we should also pay attention to infants. If you’re thinking that babies just drink, sleep, cry [...]