National affairs
24 January 2023
The government’s cuts to Medicare rebates for psychological counselling misunderstand the nature of mental illness
Books & arts
10 November 2022
The stories we tell ourselves about our mental distress can have unexpected effects
From the archive
17 September 2021
Are mistaken beliefs about the history of mental health treatments stopping us from creating a humane system?
Essays & reportage
10 May 2021
With the pandemic under control, Australian researchers have resumed their quest for a psychedelic approach to mental health
Books & arts
10 April 2021
Books | Two Australian men write about trauma’s lingering effects
National affairs
20 November 2020
Could this be the mental health report that finally brings change?
National affairs
26 May 2020
Government can do more to flatten the mental illness curve
Books & arts
21 June 2019
Books | Historian James Dunk illuminates the colony’s manias and madnesses
Essays & reportage
15 June 2019
Why do we find it so hard to direct mental health spending to the people who most need it?
National affairs
10 December 2018
Mental health inquiries are more frequent than iPhone updates, says one observer, yet the results have been disappointing. Do we need to radically change our assumptions?
National affairs
15 November 2018
What does the research tell us about this increasingly common phenomenon?
Books & arts
8 March 2018
Books | A new account of postwar Australia challenges the myth that veterans were always treated with respect and sympathy
Books & arts
28 January 2018
The controversial critic of anthropologist Margaret Mead was a man driven to extremes
National affairs
30 October 2017
The Productivity Commission’s healthcare recommendations might not go far enough, but they could still be too bold for the government
National affairs
1 March 2017
The federal government’s plan for “stepped care” needs fine-tuning
National affairs
2 December 2015
The government’s response to the mental health review points to the likely direction of broader healthcare reform, writes Stephen Duckett
Essays & reportage
5 February 2015
In her winning entry for the Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition, El Gibbs looks at the link between housing security and mental health
National affairs
10 March 2014
Detainees are suffering terribly, but the system also takes a toll on the people who work within it, writes Nik Tan
Essays & reportage
29 November 2011
Mental health had a big win in this year’s budget – and that’s when the fights began, writes Melissa Sweet in this joint investigation with Crikey