By Sarah Farnsworth, ABC News, Fri 18 Dec 2015 A 21-year-old Melbourne woman who challenged an insurer for failing to honour her travel insurance says she hopes her court victory will prevent others being discriminated against for having a mental illness. Key points: Ella Ingram cancelled a trip to US because she was too mentallyRead more
Lucia Ciciolla is a postdoctoral research associate at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on child psychology. Suniya Luthar is Foundation Professor of Psychology at the Arizona State University, and Professor Emerita at Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York. The joys of motherhood quite literally wax and wane over time. If you had to guess, youRead more
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I begin to work with a twenty-three year old woman who has a history of depression and cutting herself. Maria comes because she is very concerned about her inability to control herself. She has tried for years to stop, succeeds for a while and then eventually starts again. She has tried psychiatrists, counsellors, hypnotherapists andRead more
Helen walks in for her first session. She is 27 years old, and has put a lot of effort into looking nice, wearing lots of makeup and an expensive suit. She comes because she is concerned about her binge drinking and her problematic gambling. She considers herself to be a highly intelligent person and cannotRead more
Updated 28 Apr 2016, 8:30pm. ABC News Four nutritional supplements could make a big difference to the effectiveness of anti-depression medication, an international study by University of Melbourne researchers and colleagues from Harvard has found. Hundreds of millions of people take anti-depressants but they may not work for up to 50 per cent of patients.Read more
April 10, 2018 by Elana Oberlander More than 70 years since the end of World War II, there are still signs of intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma that are manifested in the way adult offspring of Holocaust survivors care for their elderly parents, according to a new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University. To thisRead more
By Rebecca Opie, ABC News, Jun 25, 2016 Exercise can help cancer patients overcome depression and anxiety, leading to benefits within six weeks, new research from a Western Australian university shows. Key points: Results more dramatic than researchers anticipated Positive effects felt within six weeks Just 2.5 hours moderate exercise per week enough to haveRead more
Jane McCredie, 2 July 2018 “MILLIONS more of us should be taking antidepressants,” trumpeted a headline in the UK’s Daily Mail earlier this year. “Largest-ever study claims the pills DO work and GPs should be dishing them out.” The review of more than 500 published and unpublished trials in nearly 120 000 patients with majorRead more
By medical reporter Sophie Scott, ABC News Updated about 5 hours ago A major review of antidepressants has found they are largely ineffective and may even be harmful for children and teens. The study, published in the prestigious medical journal, the Lancet, reviewed the scientific evidence for 14 different antidepressants in children and young adults.Read more
