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‘He is visiting with staff and family daily, and his staff are keeping him updated on Senate business and news’

In this edition we focus on a film about what some experts say is the next global pandemic: mental health. "The Son" stars Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern as the divorced parents of a teenage boy struggling with depression. It's the second time French writer-director Florian Zeller has adapted one…

As we return to normality, people may well be thinking about going off their mental health medicines, particularly antidepressants.

Mental health is key to health and wellbeing. Yet two in five Australians aged 16 to 85 (44%) experience a mental illness during their lifetime, commonly anxiety or depression. And more than 32 million antidepressant prescriptions are dispensed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme each year for these diagnoses.

Welsh actress Kimberley Nixon has previously shined a light on her battle with OCD but now the 37-year-old has opened up on her struggle with severe post-natal depression

I rarely feel connected to politicians, regardless of their party or platform. Like the blue-collar people I grew up with, I just don't trust 'em.

We have come a long way in understanding the mental health impact of welcoming a new baby into the world. But until recently, most of our attention has tilted toward the parent giving birth, possibly overlooking the other.

The family of Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman described how they fled to Canada to escape a “media circus” over his "severe" clinical depression.

Leonie Elliott played the nurse Lucille Robinson on the much-loved programme, but has now quit the show after her character returned to her home in Jamaica