Mental health

Tuesday 23 April is World Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day (WICAMHD). Dr Chelsea Hyde discusses the pressures that children and young people face today.

Cyber bullying is a growing problem and a significant trigger for psychological distress. That’s why Safer Internet Day, on 7 February, is important.

Women’s Health Week, which begins on 5 September, is an opportunity to focus on the fact that women experience some mental health conditions at higher rates than men.

The countdown is on for The Big Anxiety, which begins in Melbourne on 21 September.

Wear It Purple Day this year falls on Friday 26 August. The theme is “Still me, still human”.

The release of 2021 census data has shone a spotlight on the extent of mental distress in the community.

This year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 13 to 19 June on the theme of “Understanding Early Trauma”.

Connecting with hope is the theme of this year’s Schizophrenia Awareness Week, which opens on Sunday 22 May. World Schizophrenia Awareness Day is Tuesday 24 May.

In the run-up to World Health Day, the World Health Organization reports that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a 25 per cent rise in anxiety and depression cases worldwide.

To mark World Bipolar Day, we asked Professor Robert Schweitzer about the disorder and possible treatments.

Pandemic, war, global heating, floods – hands up who’s feeling positive? Luckily, the International Day of Happiness is upon us.

People with disability tend to report higher levels of psychological distress than people without disability.