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Online therapy key to helping young people with OCD

HealthTimes - 31-08-2016

Preliminary findings from new Curtin University research has reinforced the importance of online therapyin significantly reducing the symptoms and severity of obsessive-compulsive

 
Study finds average 6 year delay between onset and diagnosis of bipolar disorder

AAP - 26-07-2016

An Australian study has found on average people with bipolar disorder are not diagnosed until six years after the onset of symptoms. People with

 
Parents of premature babies struggle with depression

AAP - 19-07-2016

A Melbourne study has found more than a third of parents of babies born very prematurely suffer depression or anxiety. Mothers and fathers of

 
Support for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder

AAP - 18-07-2016

An Australian SAS veteran says Canberra is failing to back veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder as suicide rates climb. An

 
'Collecting life without living it': Hoarding disorder

AAP - 30-06-2016

The language around hoarding disorder must change to reduce the stigma associated with this complex psychological disorder, says a leading expert.

 
What do Australian mental health reforms mean for healthcare professionals?

HealthTimes - 29-06-2016

The progressive mental health reforms introduced by the

 
Antipsychotic drugs in childhood could lead to depression

AAP - 23-06-2016

A study on mice has found the early use of antipsychotic drugs during childhood is possibly altering the brain and could lead to depression later in life.

 
Partner perils associated with FIFO life

HealthTimes - 20-06-2016

Partners of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers have higher levels of emotional problems than other parents in the community, and are at a greater risk of using harsh discipline

 
Antisocial teens' brains found structurally different

AAP - 17-06-2016

The brains of seriously antisocial teenage males are structurally different from "normal" teens according to a UK study. Brains of

 
Women twice as likely to suffer anxiety

AAP - 06-06-2016

People from Western Europe and North America are more likely to suffer anxiety, and the disorder strikes twice as many women as men, a study shows.

 

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