The Reality of Homelessness and Mental Illness
Managing a mental health illness is difficult enough, however without secure housing and an accessible mental…
Mental Illness
Surf Therapy Making Waves In The Fight Against Mental Illness
While it hasn’t yet been recognised as an official form of treatment, participants of surf therapy…
Buddy Project Tackles Mental Illness with Friendship
Who do you call when you’re having a hard time? Maybe it’s your best friend, maybe…
Can swimming beat depression?
Depression is a mental illness which affects one in 35 children aged 4 to 17 in…
National Survey Reveals Worrying Statistics of Women’s Mental He...
The 2018 Women’s Health Survey spoke to 15,000 women from across Australia. Researchers found that whilst…
Children on Nauru suffering from Mental Illness
New research from two doctors who spent two years living on Nauru details the harrowing mental…
Virtual reality treating childhood phobias
A new study at Griffith University will look at treating common phobias amongst children through the…
Staying safe on social media
In 2018, almost every young person spends at least some part of their day scrolling through…
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…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: What is it really?
An anxiety disorder that we often hear about but aren’t fully aware of is Obsessive Compulsive…
WHO Is No Longer Classifying Transgender People As Mentally Ill
On Monday the United Nations Health Agency decided that transgenderism will not be considered a disease…
Speaking Sensitively About Suicide
This week has seen the high-profile celebrity deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain by suicide.…