Research suggests loneliness and depression can reinforce each other, while social isolation has a more limited effect.
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Front-line workers have little control over how customers treat them. New research on taxi drivers points to a simple coping habit.
Sometimes the best escape isn’t a weekend away. It’s the park just down the road.
Nearly 80% of New Zealand’s vital community care providers experience workplace violence. But like the workers themselves, the problem remains largely invisible.
Adolescent girls carry the blame for early pregnancy, yet the boys and men who got them pregnant remain invisible.
Young people are telling us their mental health is suffering. A new study shows why we should believe them.
When a violent crime took place in a neighbourhood, it led to significant increases in the stress levels of local residents.
A new study finds gaming supports mothers’ stress relief, skill development, and wellbeing, but parental duties and domestic labour still limit their play.
An eight-country study assessed whether parenting programmes that were developed through research also work when offered at a wider scale in real-life conditions.
With social media communities and naturalist apps, birding is easier to get into than ever. A psychologist explains why it may also be just what the doctor ordered.
Yes, telehealth has improved access for people seeking ADHD treatment. But a new study suggests it’s also a money spinner.
Loneliness affects one in five people worldwide. But a new global study also finds it varies between countries, reflecting more than individual circumstances.
Public safety workers face rising rates of psychological injury and suicide. Research suggests employers are focusing on the wrong solutions.
Allegheny County can now order treatment for people with serious mental illness. But what’s driving results – the order itself or the services behind it?
Studies increasingly show that how kids are using screens is more important than the exact amount of time they’re spending on them – and parents and caregivers tend to know what’s best for their families.
As more people turn to chatbots for support, new research is exploring a potential role for AI in spotting early signs of depression.
Dementia is now the leading cause of death, overtaking heart disease. The Conversation’s experts explain how Australians’ health has changed – both good and bad.
Caring for bees requires patience in place of speed, attentiveness rather than dominance and cooperation instead of competition.
Research suggests ‘problematic porn use’ is a more accurate way to describe the potential harms of pornography.
Some families turn to home education only when they feel they have no other option.
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor of General Practice, Adelaide University
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Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, Adelaide University
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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University