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Eight-year-olds taping stomachs flat: Alarm raised over eating disorders in children
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (756+ words) March 8, 2026 " 5:00am Helen Bird knew eating disorders in Australia had changed when a primary school approached her for advice. "They had had some eight-year-olds coming to school with gaffer tape on their tummies because they wanted their tummies to be flat,…...
Victoria Police lashed over move to give GPs final say on recruit mental health
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (977+ words) A move by Victoria Police to have GPs sign off on the mental fitness of recruits has been criticised as an attempt to "absolve the force of its responsibility for professional recruitment. The country's peak doctors group says it wasn't…...
If social connection leads to a longer life, are introverts doomed?
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (741+ words) But experts say it doesn't take as much socialising to reap those longevity benefits as one might think " namely, a few close ties and some everyday activities that facilitate contact with the wider world. It's less about the sheer number…...
Women are genetically more prone to depression, with twice the red flags
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (691+ words) No wonder Queensland-based neuro-geneticist Dr Jodi Thomas was looking quietly triumphant on national breakfast television this week. The lead researcher had just unveiled proof that females carry a significantly higher genetic risk for major depression than males. Major new research…...
Females have higher genetic risk of depression: study
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (22+ words) Women carry a much higher risk of genetic depression than men, a study by Australian experts has found. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Doctors awarded 20% interim pay rise after mass resignations
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (617+ words) Hundreds of psychiatrists working in NSW hospitals have won a temporary 20 per cent pay rise in a decision designed to lure doctors back to a stretched public sector and end a bitter workforce dispute. In a long-awaited determination delivered on…...
‘It’s horrific’: Myer investigates mental health provider as counsellors claim unpaid fees
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (813+ words) Myer is investigating its mental health provider D'Accord OAS as half a dozen more counsellors come forward claiming the counselling giant owes them thousands of dollars. The Victorian government has also distanced itself from D'Accord OAS, which allegedly threatened counsellors…...
‘Totally destructive’: Major mental health provider threatens its counsellors
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (1744+ words) When Joel Cauchi stabbed and killed six people in Bondi Junction in April last year, counsellors from D'Accord OAS were the first on scene to help staff at Myer process the tragedy. But the counselling giant's contracted psychologists and mental…...
Brisbane news live: Private health giant to close most of its Qld psychology clinics
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (783+ words) An eye-catching mauve and purple Lamborghini Urus has been reported stolen from the Moreton Bay region. The car was stolen from inside the garage of a home in Elimbah and was seen being driven off from the address at 10.44pm on…...
The secret warning that put a price on fixing the state’s psychiatrists crisis
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (740+ words) The NSW mental health minister has been accused of misleading the public after internal documents suggest boosting the pay of the state's public hospital psychiatrists would cost hundreds of millions less than the $700 million taxpayer price tag. PowerPoint presentation slides…...