ALANNAH KERR The 22 KILL challenge has Aussies posting push up videos all over social media to help support the fight …
Young women at higher risk of mental illness than young men
INGE HANSEN AND JODIE DEAN A joint report by Mission Australia and the Black Dog Institute revealed young women are …
Pressure of university a big trigger of anxiety in students
CASSANDRA MULHERN As semester two of the 2015 university year comes to a close, students are preparing for the stress …
R U OK?
MICHAELA PETROFES September is Suicide Prevention Month, and awareness campaign R U OK? Day is Thursday, September 10th. R U …
Suicide prevention advocate praises new Metro South mental health line
MELANIE WHITING A new 24 hour mental health care line for hospitals in Brisbane’s Metro South has gained the support …
Suicidal young man turned away by hospital takes his own life
EMMA McCLUNEY The mother of a 21-year-old man who took his own life said he was turned away by Redland Hospital because …
Unmasking racism’s impact on Indigenous health
AUDREY COURTY For most Australians, hailing a cab is a fairly simple and ordinary task. But for First Nations people …
Australia asks ‘R U OK?’ on September 12
TESS BROOKS The fifth national R U OK? Day will be held next Thursday September 12 with the foundation urging …
Researcher soon to release findings on CSG mental health impacts
GAVIN COOTE A psychology researcher is nearing completion of a comprehensive study into the mental health impacts coal seam gas …
Curtin University Announces National Trans Mental Health Study
TESS BROOKS Researchers at Curtin University in Perth have begun conducting Australia’s first nation-wide study into the mental health of …