Mental Health
When a world-leading Oxford sleep scientist visited Sāmoa and Aotearoa as part of a prestigious Hood Fellowship, Li'amanaia Dr Roannie Ng Shiu was already thinking beyond sleep.
Veteran suicide rates would climb under plans to impose a cap on health care funding, a prominent politician has warned in a blistering attack on the government.
This report contains the first name of an Indigenous person who has died. A First Nations woman reported suicidal thoughts and complained multiple times that she was not receiving her usual mental hea...
Animal welfare and environmental concerns have been raised following reports of incapacitated kangaroos and dead birds found within Alcoa's Pinjarra refinery.
Aboriginal health executive Monica Barolits-McCabe has been appointed the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association's (AIPA) new Chief Executive Officer.
Health practitioners working with Aboriginal people will be able to move from screening at-risk clients directly into culturally informed interviews and treatment planning online.
An innovative sand-animation video created by Aboriginal children from the Goldfields is helping spread the word about a project to identify childhood exposure to heavy metals across remote communitie...
The Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA) has officially launched a landmark new program that will strengthen pathways into the psychology profession for Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
A collective effort from rugby league and the people around it will help mental health strength and prevention programs reach more than 50 communities across Australia.
Warning: This article discusses self-harm. First Nations young people contacted Kids Helpline more than 1,800 times in the first half of the year and raised suicide-related concerns at alarming rates...
Elijah Murray can name friends from the Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia's Kimberley region who he believes should still be alive. After losing them to suicide and addiction, he created a boxing gy...
Rugby league great Greg Inglis is driving a simple message on mental health: That no one should suffer alone. The NRL hall of famer and Maroons legend is encouraging others to, literally, wear this wi...
Warning: This article discusses self-harm. First Nations young people are more likely to indicate risk of suicide, with females significantly more likely to reach out for help, as more and more youth...