The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Public hospital psychiatrists who have quit over pay and conditions targeted with job-ad blitz in major Sydney newspapers

Dissatisfied public hospital psychiatrists who have quit over pay and conditions are being enticed across the border with a job-ad blitz in major newspapers.

Being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD not only affects focus and organizing skills, but can also have an effect on life expectancy, as per a new study. Men with ADHD live seven years shorter, while women with the condition die nine years earlier, on an average, compared…

Inquest into Marta Elena Vento’s killing by Stephen Cole, who had psychosis, told of ‘crisis’ on mental health team at Winchester prison

Insider says back-up arrangements are ‘dangerous’ as health officials rush to fill staffing gaps

Parents and experts tell Lisa Salmon the steps they took to reduce their kids’ tech use and their own stress about screen time.

A letter calls for ‘the removal of the unjustified sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in England’ to be set in motion.

Hospital wards struggle to cope with rising cases of self-harm and eating disorders, the study warns

Research looked at all admissions for five to 18-year-olds to general acute medical wards in England from 2012 to 2022.

Baroness Fox of Buckley said attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become the ‘fashionable disorder’.

As pay and working conditions drive many NSW public hospital psychologists towards resignation, a new mental health chief has urged a long-term solution.