Suicide
Stephen Fry warns his illness may lead him to commit suicide
British actor and comedian Stephen Fry says his depression may one day lead him to suicide and that bipolar disorder should not be dismissed as a "celebrity designer accessory".
Revealed: Australia's suicide epidemic
Ruth Pollard Investigations Editor AUSTRALIA has dangerously miscalculated its suicide statistics - by as much as 30 per cent in NSW and Queensland - leaving a silent and growing epidemic of mounting deaths.
Life after London
Life after London: from green and gold to post-Olympic blues
Sarah Berry Olympic athletes who put everything into competing can later crash into depression whether they win or lose.
Body brutality
Eating disorders more than double your risk of death
Anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders put sufferers in mortal danger.
All in the mind?
Controversy hasn't killed off electric shock therapy
Made famous in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, electroconvulsive therapy is still used more often than you might think.
Research
Outdoor play linked to children's mental health
Too much time indoors contributing to rise in developmental problems.
Crossing the great divide
Jessica Irvine, Nick O'Malley and David Humphries Something's wrong in the bush. Rural people, we're told by some of their newly empowered representatives, are not getting their fair share.
Beating anorexia can come at a price
A clinic in Cape Town claims a 70 per cent success rate in aiding sufferers.
Sweet poison
Party drinks and the perilous spoon of sugar
Mark Metherell There's sobering news for drinkers this Christmas, and that includes people who do not drink alcohol.
Stress at work
Middle-age single parents at highest risk of work stress
Kelly Burke WORK is making more than one in 10 people ill, with high levels of stress prompting 13 per cent of employees to say they fear for their emotional or physical safety in their job.
Study
Smoking-drug link to heart attacks
Kate Hagan Australia's drug regulator will review the safety of popular quit-smoking drug Champix following research linking it to a 72 per cent increased risk of serious cardiovascular events such as heart...
At life's close, a joyful new awakening
Julie Robotham After being given only months to live, a change in treatment offers new hope to a cancer patient.
Wheels keep turning for inspired Ivo
Ellen Lutton FOR the first time since Ivo Kornel lost five of his friends to suicide, he is feeling inspired again.
Maturing girls grow breasts by age 7
A US study has found almost one in four black girls and one in 10 white girls have developed breasts by the age of seven.
Diet psychology
What's your eating personality?
Rachel Browne It is the most important tool in weight loss and often the most overlooked. No, it's not a high-tech exercise machine or a set of digital scales. It's the human brain.
Chew on this instead
It is the most important tool in weight loss and often the most overlooked. No, it's not a high-tech exercise machine or a set of digital scales. It's the human brain.
Gay times, bad times
Farrah Tomazin Young homosexuals are suffering more abuse than ever, particularly in schools.
High-risk teens all but ignored in depression advice
JILL STARK BEYONDBLUE has been branded negligent for ignoring gay and lesbian young people in new guidelines to help doctors diagnose and treat depressed teenagers.
The tortured path to a fatal admission
A North Coast family struggles to find why their adored 23-year-old committed suicide in hospital, writes Ruth Pollard.
