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A new review looks at whether psychological therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, are an effective way to treat older people in aged care with symptoms of depression.
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You’ve tried everything to get some sleep, but nothing’s working. Here’s what not to do, and what works.
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Addressing the emotional and behavioural drivers of hoarding through therapy is crucial. But sometimes, a harm-avoidance approach is best.
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Insomnia and mental disorders are inter-related in a way we’ve yet to fully understand. But treating one can often help the other.
For many people, trying to lose excess fat is very difficult without help. Effective treatment is available when obesity affects health.
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Despite the prevalent view that people with large bodies should simply eat less and move more, it’s nearly impossible to fight our genetic heritage or other factors that are not within our control.
A battle against time itself: Australia warm up ahead of the 2009 Ashes test series.
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It is time, combined with an uncertain outcome, that leads us to experience anxiety.
St David’s advice was to “do the little things”.
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Doing the little things has a role to play in maintaining our sense of happiness as well as in treating mental illness.
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We know that cognitive behavioural therapy works, but we don’t know how or why.
Colder weather and less daylight may have you feeling a bit more down lately.
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One in three people struggle throughout the winter months with seasonal affective disorder.
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People who are afraid of needles are twice as likely to be vaccine hesitant, new research shows.
Cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat a variety of common conditions.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy research contains little data from minority groups. This makes it difficult to know whether this therapy is effective for everyone.
Apart from their functional purpose, products can also impact how we feel, both about ourselves and our situation.
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A new study aims to understand how thoughts and feelings influence pain.
Your twitching eye is more likely to be due to staring at a screen for too long rather than some serious illness.
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If Googling your health symptoms is taking over you’re day-to-day life and is distressing you, here are some ways to get help.
By improving sleep, research shows that post-concussion symptoms in adolescents may also get better.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia provided remission of insomnia in 80 to 90 per cent of adolescents in a research trial, and improved their overall concussion recovery.
Simple strategies such as setting a regular wake-up time, and tracking sleep patterns, can help women beat insomnia during pregnancy.
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Insomnia impacts more than 20 per cent of women during pregnancy. And it is treatable.
Currently only half of people with depression access potentially adequate treatment, according to one research study. Digital devices could help.
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Using smartphones and wearable devices to identify mental health symptoms and deliver psychotherapy will allow more people to access quality care, according to one psychiatrist.
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Recalling happy moments could make teenagers more resilient.
A smartphone app could replace compulsive behaviours, like excessive hand washing.
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Technology could be a promising alternative to traditional therapy.
Antidepressants bring in almost $17 billion a year for the pharmaceutical industry, and yet science shows their benefit to be small. Natural therapies such as diet, exercise, light therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy are just as effective.
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These four “natural” therapies for depression have rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific studies to support their use.