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Half of Australia's volunteer firefighters struggled with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder one year on from the Black Summer bushfires, according to a new study.
The gunman behind the second-deadliest US mass shooting of the year was terminated from the Army due to health concerns and may have been driven by right-wing extremism.
A Queensland army veteran was meant to be transferred to a private clinic for mental health care before he was gunned down by police, new details show.
At around 9am each day, when parents set off to work and kids are left alone - either at home, school or anywhere else in between - traffic to the text line surges.
Suicide Prevention Australia's latest quarterly data has shown 46 per cent of Australians have reported an elevated distress level from cost of living pressures.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved the prescription of MDMA for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin (the drug in magic mushrooms) for treatment-resistant depression from July 1.
An Australian bodybuilder, who shot to fame portraying a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been spared a conviction after he stabbed a car tyre in a fit of rage.
Michael Slater is seeking to have assault and intimidation charges thrown out on mental health grounds as the former Test cricketer continues rehabilitation.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals need to be better trained to help patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a groundbreaking study into the condition.
There is something South Australian mum Tanaya Pichugin-Falciani wants you to know and it's this - suicide is not a selfish act, it is one of pure desperation.
Demand for help now far outstrips available psychology services as the rising cost of living pushes more people to seek limited bulk-billed appointments.
Manly Sea Eagles hooker Manase Fainu has lost his freedom four days after a jury found him guilty of stabbing a church leader outside a Mormon charity event.