Mental health
'Tragic loss highlights the need for service improvement': Minister says WA woman's suicide means improvements must be ongoing
Roger Cook says the death of a 28-year-old Perth woman earlier this year to suicide "highlights the need for service improvements to be ongoing."
- by Phil Hickey
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Disability
Disability advocates split on assisted dying laws in the ACT
"Legalising the killing of sick and disabled people in these times is a dark crevasse we should not fall through," one advocate says.
- by Sherryn Groch
Opinion
Opinion
When my father needed help, no one was there
Never in the whole of my existence had I once thought about my dad making a choice to leave me behind in a world that was only made to feel safe through his existence.
- by Cidney Jenkins
'Breaking down the culture of silence': WA parents who lost daughter to suicide speak out
The parents of a young Perth woman who took her own life earlier this year have spoken publicly about their daughter's battle with mental illness.
- by Phil Hickey
Health
People with eating disorders can now use apps to navigate supermarkets
Individuals with anorexia, binge eating disorder and bulimia often feel anxious and overwhelmed when surrounded by food.
- by Juli Fraga
Healthcare
Mental health system 'overwhelmed and underfunded'
A national shortage of psychiatrists is continuing to hit Queensland's rural and regional patients hard.
- by Lucy Stone
Mental health
Renewed calls to cancel 13 Reasons Why after graphic Season 2 ending
Viewers and parents groups are calling on streaming giant Netflix to can the hit teen series over a "brutal" scene in its latest season finale.
- by Robert Moran
Health
WA mums to lose not-for-profit maternity services sanctuary The Bump
"They’re just looking for connection with other mums, feeling isolated, looking down the barrel of depression."
- by Daile Cross
Mindfulness
Do meditation apps work?
Apps designed to improve mental wellbeing have skyrocketed in popularity over the past five years.
- by Mary Ward
Crime
The public doesn't know: Devastating suicide toll within WA's prison system revealed
The man who is about to take over the WA Prison Officers Union has spoken out about the devastating mental toll the job inflicts on prison officers.
- by Phil Hickey
Mental health
Female police officer told to ‘go home and have sex’ to beat stress: court
The NSW Police Force's Employees Assistance Program came under fire when a female officer with PTSD sued the force for negligence.
- by Joanne McCarthy