Mental Health

PTSD, anxiety and depression dogged Michael Jefferies after he left the military, but he was able to start healing in an unexpected place.

Investigations have been launched into the suicide death of a 24-year-old woman who was left unsupervised in St Vincent's mental health unit.

Growers in South Australia's Riverland will gather at a crisis meeting as warm inland wine regions are pushed to breaking point by 1970s prices for their grapes.

The body of a man was located in Baulkham Hills, while two other bodies, a woman and a child, were found inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta.

Rejection and its painful aftermath is an unavoidable part of life, but have you ever wondered why some people are able to bounce back and move on, while others endure its lifelong impact?

As Taylor Swift takes over Australia in her Eras Tour, her presence in the NFL has brought more girls and women into the game, but it hasn't changed the harsh reality of the culture in many men's professional sports, writes Kasey Symons. 

For 20 years, the police force was Maggie Deall's identity. But when she was medically discharged in 2021, she says she was left without a sense of self.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face a last-ditch legal challenge this week to stop his extradition from Britain to the US, in what his wife has described as a matter of life or death.

Running clubs are rapidly growing in popularity across Australia, and organisers say it's thanks to social media providing support and accountability.

Jason Farnsworth fell into a serious heroin addiction at 18 after his 16-month-old daughter Faith drowned. He managed to beat his addiction and went on to found several drug and alcohol support groups across regional South Australia.

An investigation into Gold Coast mother Kelly Wilkinson's murder will be officially opened  to see if her death could have been prevented.

Cooking might seem like a chore — but some argue creating space to make a time-intensive meal from scratch is an act of self-care and can even help you heal through hard times.

As wild weather pummels the country, Queensland farmers are exhausted after five years of droughts, fires, floods and cyclones. And it's pushing their coping abilities to the limit. 

During a Senate estimates hearing late on Wednesday, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond was quizzed about last year's removal of a commanding officer from a warship over claims of "unacceptable behaviour".

A series of "subtle" changes in a popular, athletic, and intelligent 13-year-old Darwin student may have been a sign that her mental health was suffering before her death in 2022, the NT coroner has heard.

Experts say there should be more focus on using physical activity, by itself or in combination with other treatments, to treat and prevent depression and anxiety.

With the latest figures pointing to an alarming rise in mental illness among younger Australians, experts want the use of exercise to be part of the solution. Some research now shows it's one-and-a-half times as effective as medication or counselling, prompting calls for more doctors to prescribe it for its mental health benefits.

Temple staff will be trained to respond to the psychological needs of worshippers to build a connection between spirituality and health.

Jackson Stacker's decomposing body was found in a paddock with a knife embedded in his chest.

Loneliness is now a public health priority for the World Health Organisation, and with one-third of Australians feeling lonely some or all of the time, there are growing calls for the federal government to do the same.

Antidepressant "blockbusters" are prescribed to one in seven of us in Australia, among the highest rates in the world. Yet rates continue to rise. The evidence suggests they're over-prescribed. So how did we get here?

In the 12 months since Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions went from 20 back to 10, young Australians have suffered detrimental impacts to their mental health.

A book teaching men to heal from their trauma will be given to domestic violence perpetrators in Australian prisons in an effort to lower rates of reoffending.

12 months ago, the government halved the number of subsidised psychology sessions. Now, young people are feeling the pinch, choosing between the essentials and their mental health.

Cilla Pershouse admits she "lost her sense of self" after the birth of her third child, but help came in the unexpected form of a new colleague at her farm — a border collie puppy named Ash Barky.