mental health – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:57:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Overthinking everything https://www.openforum.com.au/overthinking-everything/ https://www.openforum.com.au/overthinking-everything/#respond Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:06:53 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47024 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.

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Green mental health https://www.openforum.com.au/green-mental-health/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:23:58 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46256 Getting out into nature helps people improve their mental health - and bringing nature back into our cities can reduce crime.

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What ails Australia? https://www.openforum.com.au/what-ails-australia/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:20:35 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=45802 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.

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Mental health goes digital https://www.openforum.com.au/mental-health-goes-digital/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 23:03:04 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=45763 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.

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The kids aren’t all right https://www.openforum.com.au/the-kids-arent-all-right/ Wed, 24 May 2023 23:44:46 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=43050 A survey of 1,243 Year 11 students from 39 schools across Eastern Australia raises some worrying questions about teenagers' mental health.

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How to thrive https://www.openforum.com.au/how-to-thrive/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:37:49 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=39717 A new documentary tests the power of positive psychology to help people with moderate-to-severe mental illness.

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Food insecurity and mental health https://www.openforum.com.au/food-insecurity-and-mental-health/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 22:57:04 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=38724 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.

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The rise of eco-anxiety https://www.openforum.com.au/the-rise-of-eco-anxiety/ Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:35:19 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=37722 Feeling anxious about the future isn’t particularly new, but the challenges posed by climate change can raise intense feelings of uncertainty and perhaps impact our long term mental health.

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Crafting mentally healthy workplaces https://www.openforum.com.au/crafting-mentally-healthy-workplaces/ Wed, 04 May 2022 22:26:44 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=37212 Prevention is a crucial aspect of addressing mental health in the workplace, and it starts with organisational culture, says UNSW Business School's Frederik Anseel.

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Breaking through to the other side https://www.openforum.com.au/breaking-through-to-the-other-side/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:47:07 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=35427 Neuromedicine-assisted psychotherapies are offering new hope in the treatment of mental illness.

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Early intervention is no panacea for young people’s mental health https://www.openforum.com.au/early-intervention-is-no-panacea-for-young-peoples-mental-health/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:57:34 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=35049 Two thirds of young people with emerging mental disorders who attended primary care-based early intervention services remained poor or deteriorated over two years of care, according to research published by the Medical Journal of Australia.

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What is Delta doing to our mental health? https://www.openforum.com.au/what-delta-is-doing-to-your-mental-health/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 01:33:17 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=34138 A UNSW expert on post-traumatic stress and anxiety explains why this year’s lockdown is affecting everyone – and especially vulnerable groups – differently.

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