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David John Hallford, Deakin University Many people at risk of suicide are going undetected and unsupported in our community, our research suggests. Our recently published study found under half of people tell anyone they’re thinking of suicide, making plans or had attempted suicide. Here are some of the reasons why people don’t often talk about [...]
Iain Perkes, UNSW Sydney; David Cooper, UNSW Sydney; Jessica Grisham, UNSW Sydney; Katelyn Dyason, UNSW Sydney; Lara Farrell, Griffith University, and Lizzie Manning, University of Newcastle Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how [...]
‘I started walking the long way’: many young women first experience street harassment in their school uniforms Bianca Fileborn, The University of Melbourne and Jess Hardley, The University of Melbourne Can you remember the first time you were harassed in a public space? What comes to mind? Can you remember how old you were, or [...]
Christian Tietz, UNSW Sydney and Demet Dincer, UNSW Sydney It’s the end of a long day and you’re finally home, ready to unwind and recharge for the next day. You head to your bedroom, hoping to find solace and relaxation in your personal refuge. But it’s not just a place for sleeping anymore, as our [...]
We all encounter uncertainty – it’s one of the inescapable truths. I explored how uncertainty appears in different careers and in society in my book The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive through the Unexpected, and was recently asked a simple question: What did I learn from writing the book? I learned quite a lot, [...]
Kristin Naragon-Gainey, The University of Western Australia Financial stress is affecting us in many different ways. Some people are struggling to pay bills, feed the family, or maintain a place to live. Others are meeting their basic needs but are dipping into their savings for extras. Financial stress is increasing and, understandably, is causing some [...]
The recent decision of the major law firm MinterEllison to sever ties with the Adelaide Festival because it invited two Palestinian writers whose views the firm finds objectionable is one of many recent examples of “cancel culture”. In Australia, they also include promoters cancelling tours of bands accused of far-right sympathies, and of bands cancelling themselves because [...]
Associate Professor Grant Blashki and Craig Hyde-Smith Climate change is here. It’s no longer just a future concern, it is here now, and already having a significant impact on our mental health according to a new survey by the Climate Council supported by Beyond Blue. Swathes of land and thousands of Australian homes and [...]
Nina Van Dyke, Victoria University and Cynthia Leung, Victoria University When we talk about “school transitions”, we generally refer to three specific points: starting primary school, starting secondary school, and moving from secondary school to further education or work. However, school transitions occur every year, and the lack of a smooth transition, particularly if it [...]
Georgia Middleton, Flinders University; Eloise Litterbach, Deakin University; Fairley Le Moal, Flinders University, and Susannah Ayre, Queensland University of Technology Eating together regularly as a family has long been promoted as a simple solution for improving health and wellbeing. We have been told that to achieve these proposed benefits we must follow an idealistic, [...]
