Less sleep and later bedtimes are linked to a section of the brain involved in emotion regulation suffering reduced growth, along with weaker connections to other brain areas.
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Holding two public officials responsible for the Life Esidimeni tragedy is a legal milestone. It also highlights the consequences of putting costs over care.
Struggling with mental health can increase the risk of work injuries, and work injuries can give rise to, or worsen, mental health challenges.
The government’s newly announced targets to address New Zealand’s ongoing mental health crisis offer some hope, but not much detail on how they will be achieved.
A transactional mental health system fails to accommodate consumers’ needs for human connection and understanding. Elders in Perth are helping to transform this system.
On average, when looking at change between Year 7 and 10, every one-hour increase in sleep per night was linked to a 9% reduction in psychological distress.
Talking about mental health can be difficult for anyone. It’s even harder for athletes, who are expected to exhibit mental toughness.
Nigeria will experience a relative increase in cancer incidence by 2040
Knowing which kind of provider to see and how to access help can be half the battle.
Mental health support is crucial for incel communities, however, associating incel violence with mental health and neurodivergence risks stigmatizing people with autism.
Medicare encourages providers to deliver more services, not to deliver good quality care. Here’s why that needs to change.
All manifestos lack the kind of preventive mental health strategy that will stem the rising tide of mental illness.
NZ’s teachers say they want to help students but they can’t do it all. And many feel like they are being stretched to support their students’ mental and physical health well in the classroom.
New research finds a link between childhood trauma and a reduced engagement with healthcare services later in life.
Julian Assange spent years in some form of isolation. Just how damaging can that be for your mental and physical health?
The experience of hearing voices can be very different from person to person, and can change over time. They can be comforting or very distressing.
Contrary to what you may have heard, your mindset may be the biggest thing affecting how social media connects to your wellbeing.
A neuroscientist explains how hormonal contraceptives work − and how stress may increase or decrease depression risk while on them.
Concerns surrounding cell phones and social media are grabbing headlines, but what does the science say?
From drawing to gardening and woodworking, self-expression can lower stress, improve mood and increase self-confidence.
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
