Sri Lankan Asylum Seeker Dies in Queensland
A Sri Lankan asylum seeker has died in a hospital in Queensland over the weekend. The…
mental health
Targeting Mental Health in Older Patients
As a society, a lot has changed over the last few decades in the way that…
Guidelines for how teens should talk about suicide online – a wo...
Yesterday, Orygen, the national centre for excellence in youth mental health released a set of of…
Virtual reality treating childhood phobias
A new study at Griffith University will look at treating common phobias amongst children through the…
Children have more faith in robot’s intelligence than their own
According to a study led by Anna-Lisa Vollmer at Germany's Bielefeld University, children are much more…
Why We Struggle To Maintain Friendships As We Age
People seem to be struggling to connect to each other more and more these days. This…
Staying safe on social media
In 2018, almost every young person spends at least some part of their day scrolling through…
Young Women Are More Likely To Experience Poor Mental Health
Did you know that young women in Australia are the most likely group to suffer from…
#YouCanTalk empowers communication about mental health
Every year, approximately one in every five Australians will experience a mental illness; and tragically, suicide…
Why some mental health apps may be doing more harm than good
Recently, mental health apps have been hailed as a means of overcoming common barriers to treatment…
Mental Health
Jess spoke with Sarah Roffey about understanding, why individuals suicide or what circumstances underpins their distress? Sarah's…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: What is it really?
An anxiety disorder that we often hear about but aren’t fully aware of is Obsessive Compulsive…