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Anxiety
Anxiety treatment
How to break the worry cycle
Feel like worry is taking over your life? Learn ways to make your thoughts less burdensome, and when to seek out help.
Trudie McConnochie
Writer
What is anxiety?
What's the difference between anxiety and depression?
With one in five Australians experiencing a mental health condition each year, chances are you know someone experiencing depression or anxiety – or perhaps experience symptoms yourself.
Nicole Vanderkroef
Health content specialist
Panic attacks
How to manage panic attacks
Panic attacks can occur in everyday situations; on public transport, on a plane, in a crowded place, at school, work, university or when meeting new people.
Danielle Colley
Blogger
Body image and eating disorders
Body image and eating disorders
Who is affected by eating disorders, and why?
It isn’t just adolescent girls who develop eating disorders. This article explains more about the onset of eating disorders, including the main causes.
Trudie McConnochie
Writer
Body image and eating disorders
How are eating disorders diagnosed?
If you are concerned about an eating disorder, it can be helpful to understand the process of getting help from health professionals.
Trudie McConnochie
Writer
Body image and eating disorders
How do you know if someone has an eating disorder?
The signs of an eating disorder can be tricky to spot, but being familiar with them can help you get support for yourself or someone you love.
Trudie McConnochie
Writer
Depression: what it is and personal stories | Healthlink
Suicide: personal experiences and stories | Healthlink
Losing a child to suicide – Raj’s story
Melbourne dad Raj Wilson lost his daughter to suicide, and he’s drawing on his experience to help lessen the stigma around mental illness.
Trudie McConnochie
Writer
Signs and symptoms of depression to look out for | Healthlink
Symptoms of depression knowing the signs
Psychologist Dr. Sasha Lynn takes a look at the symptoms of depression; what they might look and feel like, and how signs can differ between people.
Sasha Lynn
Clinical Psychologist
Suicide: personal experiences and stories | Healthlink
David's story: The day my father took his life
"The minute I got the phone call from my mother, and she said my father was missing, the pieces of the jigsaw fell together in my mind and I knew he’d done something drastic."
Christie Cooper
Journalist
Living with mental illness: tips and advice | Healthlink
Living with mental illness: tips and advice | Healthlink
Are you worried about your child self-harming
Learn more about how to support your child through concerns of self-harm.
Trudie McConnochie
Writer
Living with mental illness: tips and advice | Healthlink
How to succeed at life with mental illness
Author, wellness coach and personal trainer Megan Coburn shares how she overcame mental illness and went on to live a full and happy life. See more!
Tracy McBeth
Journalist
Living with mental illness: tips and advice | Healthlink
To my beloved daughter who has depression
This raw, emotional and honest letter was written by a Bupa Executive, to his daughter who has depression.
Christie Cooper
Journalist
Schizophrenia: living with a mental illness | Healthlink
Schizophrenia: living with a mental illness | Healthlink
My experience with schizophrenia
When Shaun Taranto was 22, his life turned upside down. He experienced his first psychotic episode. Shaun opens up about the highs and lows of living with mental illness and shares his journey to recovery.
Christie Cooper
Journalist