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The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government’s Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
Schizophrenia and the search for meaning in a puzzling world.
Psychology ought to go further than just restoring equilibrium. It should help us to flourish.
Behavioural activation aims to increase engagement in activities we value, which boosts our chances of deriving pleasure and a sense of achievement from life.
We cannot think thoughts that are not ours - but there are still those who claim to have external thoughts being put into their heads.
New research reveals some startling findings and discovers the problem is worst in the West.
Body identity integrity disorder is a strange and very distressing condition. A shift towards treating it as a neuroscientific problem could be the key to a cure.
The brain function of HIV-positive women who experienced childhood trauma is more compromised than that of women who are only HIV positive.
While it’s important to increase the diagnosis of depression and find a treatment plan that suits the individual, simply writing more scripts for antidepressants isn’t the answer.
Researchers are trying to fill in the blanks between genetic blueprints and psychiatric disorder by studying changes in the brain.
We need personalised treatments rather than blanket medical diagnoses to help those suffering from delusions.
Smartphones, tablets and computers are increasingly expanding the availability of health services. This means we can access help anonymous at a time and place that suits us.
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week sheds light on the influence of psychiatric disorders on relationships and mating.
Australians have come a long way in understanding depression. Most recognise the symptoms and believe in the value of professional help. But anxiety disorders have been left behind.
Take one mental health issue, then add the label of a disorder, then see if therapists apply their own prejudices.
Increasing autistic children’s levels of vasopressin, a hormone that regulates social behaviour, could help treat the social deficits common to autism, research suggests.
Diagnostic labels usually describe symptoms, attempt to answer the question of what is wrong, and lead to a treatment plan. But “borderline personality disorder” fails on all three counts.
Happiness might seem like a worthy goal but it will invariably be disrupted by unwelcome negative feelings. Far better to seek contentment, which can serve as a foundation for both joy and pleasure.
For contemporaries and later for historians, shell shock came to encapsulate all the horror of a new form of industrialised warfare.
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry, UCL
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Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool
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PhD Researcher, Cardiff University
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry, UCL
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra
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Professor of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor of Psychological Medicine, King's College London
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
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Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford