Mental Health

Melissa Oates says she heard a "bang" and "panicked", but insists she had no idea she had struck her partner with her vehicle at high speed while he walked home late at night. But an inquest into Jari Wise's 2020 death has heard evidence at odds with her account.

The new NT program hopes to normalise talking about mental health and equip schools with healthy coping mechanisms.

It's been five years since an inquest laid bare the chaotic lives of children, including a 10-year-old girl, who took their own lives in outback Australia. Are kids any safer now? 

Working long hours can be stressful. While a break can help, what happens when the holiday is over, you've returned to work, and that sense of tiredness still lingers? 

Human preoccupation with beauty has a long history, but these experts say something new is at play. 

A comic writer, an Indigenous artist and an app developer are just some of the inspiring young Australians who have won this year's Heywire Trailblazer competition.

Psychologists say people with high psychopathic tendencies are able to explore their "true self" when they're not identifiable. 

The Sesame Street character says it's important for people to check in on their mates after being inundated with messages of despair. 

Some women who desperately want to breastfeed their babies are giving up because of a lack of support in regional and rural Australia. 

Relocating to Kilkivan just before COVID lockdowns meant Andrea Ferris didn't make initial connections in town. Four years on, her "innovative approach" is bringing the community together.

Can outdoor adventure activities like surf lessons, equine therapy, and weekend hikes improve health and boost community engagement? A new regional health pilot program aims to find out. 

One in seven Australians are taking antidepressants, but some of them only find out about the adverse withdrawal symptoms called "brain zaps" through online forums and TikTok.

Talking about mental health may be taboo for many Indian-Australians, but community programs are helping new migrants find ways to connect and be happy.

Smart watches have boomed in popularity as wearable health and fitness trackers, with market data estimating almost 40 per cent of Australians own one. Experts weigh in on how accurate they are, and whether they can actually make us healthier.

As youth crime continues to dominate Alice Springs headlines, young people say rap classes are giving them a positive outlet.

Lutfiye Kavci's husband was imprisoned last year for attempting to stab her to death. The Shepparton woman hopes sharing her story will help empower other victim-survivors.

South Australia's Chief Psychiatrist restricts James Nash House from admitting some patients to its Birdwood Ward over concerns that the facility "looks and feels like a prison".

When Linda Neil was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, she feared her creative days were over. Then a revolutionary treatment changed her life. 

Jaymi Milic moved to Tasmania and started a horse float-based yarn store in a bid to reduce her post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and it is working.

The discomfort of change can be better than the discomfort of not changing, and living a dissatisfied life. It's a lesson these people learnt through personal experience.

There's a strong connection between living with an eating disorder and having the perfectionism trait. As the negative impacts of that link rise, these experts are calling for better understanding.

Struggling with life on the streets and looking after an aggressive dog, Mark turned to Pets in the Park for support. The service is experiencing an increase in demand as more Australians are forced into homelessness.

They've faced more challenges in life than most, but conquering the Kokoda Track helped show these students they could do anything.

The change has forced some Australians to make difficult decisions in order to afford mental health care.

Cuchulainn Coulter is among those getting their lives back on track through a supportive living environment in regional Victoria, which he says is helping him rediscover all the "things that mental illness really pushes away".