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New laws will soon give employees a legal right to ignore work-related communication outside their standard working hours.
People with mental health concerns are more likely to start vaping, have worse symptoms while vaping and find it harder to quit.
Audiobooks can develop children’s listening skills, expand their vocabulary and encourage independent learning.
Talking about mental health can be difficult for anyone. It’s even harder for athletes, who are expected to exhibit mental toughness.
People who have a lower threshold for defining distress as a disorder are more likely to identify themselves as having a mental illness.
Both involve feeling uncomfortable in social situations. But one can be debilitating.
Having long been considered to have ‘no accepted medical use’, psychedelics are finally being recognised as being beneficial for treating a range of mental health disorders.
Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
The way jobs are structured affects employee mental health, an analysis of more than 18,000 workers shows.
A stressed out and tired brain will be more likely to overthink. Deep thinkers, people who are prone to anxiety or low mood, and those who are feel emotions deeply are also more likely to overthink.
Artificial intelligence helped produce the Beatles’ 2023 hit “Now and Then.” But despite the sophisticated technology, the song reveals our obsession with the past and our anxieties about the future.
Nearly 80% of people have accepted invitations to events they didn’t want to attend.
Australia has among the highest antidepressant prescribing rates in the world.
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.
Employers have a duty to address work stressors and make adjustments for workers with long-term illnesses.
Anxiety about ageing is also often a fear of the future.
Oral contraceptives modify the menstrual cycle. What’s less well known is that they also reach the brain, particularly the regions important for regulating emotions.
Schools are operating with already stretched resources. But they are an obvious route to supporting children’s mental health.
While teleworking can come with many benefits, being alone at home can leave us feeling isolated and unmotivated.
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Mental health researcher, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
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Associate professor, RMIT University
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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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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand