Grow up?

What is behind the spiraling rates of ‘mental illness’ among the young? Several recent books take very different views on the issue.

Integrating wellbeing into mental health research

New research suggests mental wellbeing should be measured alongside standard tests for mental health conditions.

Happier children mean happier adults

A new study suggests it’s time the eradication of child maltreatment became a major public health priority to reduce the later toll of adult mental illness.

After the final whistle

Sporting careers are always relatively short, and people forced to retire from their chosen sport at an early age are at an even higher risk of feeling bereft when their days on the field are over.

Boosting belonging for school mental health

Initiatives to enhance a sense of school belonging can have positive and far-reaching effects on the mental health of young people.

Overthinking everything

If you find overthinking everything is affecting your life, and your levels of anxiety are rising or your enjoyment of life is being negatively affected, it might be time to get some strategies to get your mind back on track.

Green mental health

Getting out into nature helps people improve their mental health – and bringing nature back into our cities can reduce crime.

What ails Australia?

Mental health and substance use disorders are now the second largest group of diseases causing illness and premature death in Australia, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Mental health goes digital

The isolating effects of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 were a springboard for fast-paced, data-driven, technologically delivered changes in mental health care, led by new firms taking advantage of sluggish progress by traditional services.

The kids aren’t all right

A survey of 1,243 Year 11 students from 39 schools across Eastern Australia raises some worrying questions about teenagers’ mental health.

How to thrive

A new documentary tests the power of positive psychology to help people with moderate-to-severe mental illness.

Food insecurity and mental health

Nutrition has been neglected factor in mental health support and recovery but new research aims to address gaps in understanding, and show how nutritional screening can become a routine aspect of clinical and psychosocial support.