Parents with children at home reach breaking point
The proportion of parents experiencing high levels of mental distress has tripled since the beginning of the pandemic from 8 per cent to 24 per cent.
Are we doing our best on bullying?
?Psychlopaedia,? Australian Psychological Society Incidences of bullying are occurring in preschools. With bullying linked to a range of poor outcomes in adulthood, psychologists are urging schools to adopt best practice…
‘Hazard’ous end to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal as Belgium knocks defending champs out of Euro 2020
A 43rd-minute strike from Thorgan Hazard secured the win for Belgium amid sustained pressure and counter attacks from Portugal
Reassessing the social context of illicit drug use and addiction
It appears that many care-leavers use substances to self-medicate for the internal emotional pain brought about as a consequence of traumatic experience
Amazons and warrior princesses on screen ? the legacy of Xena 20 years on
Starting life as an antagonist of Hercules in three episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena was so popular as a character that she was given her spin-off series that…
Should we ban gasoline cars?
As electric vehicles become commercially viable, they have the potential to yield dramatic reductions in air pollution. The UK plans to have no gasoline vehicles by 2030, Norway by 2025,…
?Scambaiting?: why the vigilantes fighting online fraudsters may do more harm than good
By keeping a scammer busy, scambaiters claim they?re preventing the scammer from defrauding a real victim.
Second-hand smoke: when you work in others? homes, where do their rights end and yours begin?
Every year 800,000 people around the world die of passive smoking.
Are our cities making us lonely?
Loneliness isn?t really a personal mental health issue. Instead, it?s embedded in how cities and systems are built and organised.
8 ways to manage body image anxiety after lockdown
Engaging with people who accept and appreciate your body as it is can help you feel more at peace with how you look.