Mental Health
Stuck in fight-or-flight mode? 5 ways to complete the &...
April 18, 2024
Can you remember a time when you felt stressed leading up to a big life event and then afterwards felt like a weight had been lifted? This process – the ramping up of the stress response and then feeling this settle back down – shows completion of the “stress cycle”. Some stress in daily life…
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If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after...
September 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has opened fault lines in social, economic and health-care policy in Australia.…
Mental Health
We can’t ignore mental illness prevention in a CO...
September 15, 2020
Despite the incremental easing of restrictions, it’s clear the journey towards COVID-normal is far slower…
Mental Health
Privatisation of mental health advice line kept under w...
July 24, 2020
Concerns have been raised over the future of a publicly-run mental health telephone advice line,…
Mental Health
Scaling down aggression during COVID-19
June 4, 2020
Clear communication with mental health consumers and reducing boredom is at the heart of an…
Mental Health
Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronav...
May 19, 2020
Health-care staff are trained to deal with whatever comes through the hospital doors. But COVID-19…
Mental Health
New predictor of which personalities are most at risk o...
April 29, 2020
Researchers looking into the common symptoms of those experiencing burnout have discovered there may be…
Mental Health
Liverpool Hospital mental health nurse tragedy
April 18, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) expresses our sincere condolences to the family, friends…
Mental Health
Is your mental health deteriorating during the coronavi...
April 1, 2020
Medicare-subsidised psychology and psychiatry sessions, as well as GP visits, can now take place via…
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‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for t...
March 19, 2020
As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, we’re seeing mass isolation in virus epicentres, with about 500…