Wellbeing
Health & Medicine
The young people getting nature on prescription
The early results of a new trial on ‘nature prescribing’ show promise for helping young people with mild mental illness
Health & Medicine
People with experience of mental health conditions should be paid to help others
The expertise of people with lived experience of mental health conditions should be employed to help turbocharge system-wide reform
Health & Medicine
Our duty of care to those who care
With looming workforce shortages, a new study finds a comprehensive approach to ensuring the wellbeing of cancer healthcare workers is essential
Health & Medicine
Book extract
Knowing when to seek help for mental health
When challenges arise we may feel confused, but there are five signs to help us understand when to seek mental health support
Education
Boosting student wellbeing through their environment
New research calls for co-creating the built and natural environments of universities to support student wellbeing
Arts & Culture
The arts can help us recover from disasters - creatively
‘Creative recovery’ arts projects improve mental health and wellbeing, but better planning and resourcing is needed to support artists and communities
Health & Medicine
Understanding how to improve body image in queer men
Expressing self-compassion can help improve body image in women, but it’s more complicated for gay, bisexual and queer men
Health & Medicine
Taking the stigma out of mental health reporting
Australia’s world-leading media-based mental health and suicide stigma reduction programs work, but vigilance is needed
Health & Medicine
The climate change threat to our mental health
It’s time to address the mental health impacts of climate change to support more people in the face of more extreme weather events
Arts & Culture
The art and science of dance
University of Melbourne's Professor Emma Redding wrote the world’s first masters degree in Dance Science – a now growing discipline in the dance profession