Doing good, feeling bad, getting better

Social entrepreneurs are driven by a tenacity that goes beyond revenue and profit, but the difficult problems they face means their own mental health and wellbeing can be threatened.

A helping hand for mothers

Recognising the symptoms of maternal anxiety and depression can be difficult, but a new app developed by the University of South Australia and parent support group Village Foundation will help thousands of women monitor their mental health during pregnancy and after birth.

Medical workers face mental health crisis

Frontline medical workers across the world are more stressed, anxious and making poorer decisions, and they’re unconsciously telling us through their social media posts.

Hubs of hope

Developing specialist youth mental health hubs could help stem the tide of mental health issues facing young people.

Transforming mental health care through lived experience

By co-designing mental health care with people who have lived experience, researchers aim to rebuild Australia’s care system.

Mental health pilot program expands to more primary schools

A pilot trial of a primary school-based mental health program will be expanded to an additional 16 Victorian schools in 2021 following a successful first year of operation.

Art of the mind

Artistic mediums such as visual art, music, dance and creative writing can help people recovering from mental health issues to share their stories and gain confidence and understanding of their illness.

Heads up on mental health

If there’s ever been a time for a paradigm shift in the way we conceptualise mental health and treat mental illness, it’s now.

Navigating relationships in uncertain times

The latest research by The Medical Journal of Australia found that significant feelings of depression or anxiety were being experienced by 25% of people after just the first month of COVID-19 restrictions.

Is COVID changing our personalities?

Our personalities have been known to change during unusually distressing times, such as a global pandemic locking us all away in our homes, but researchers from the US say that so far the COVID-19 pandemic has had very little effect on the “Big Five” personality traits.

Australia’s Health 2020 report reveals mental health crisis

The Australia’s health 2020 report shows one in five Australians reported a mental or behavioural condition in 2017-18, but a UNSW mental health prize is helping to highlight the work of people fighting this crisis.

The pathologization of normality?

Concerns that normality is being medicalised by the inflation of psychiatric diagnosis criteria appear overblown – but some conditions do need scrutiny.