Prof Anne Buist is the Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. Anne has more than 30 years of clinical and research experience...

 Dr Sanil Rege

May 4, 2019

Time to read: 15–18 minutes

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by inattention; hyperactivity or impulsivity or both. It has tra...

 Dr Sanil Rege

March 21, 2019

Time to read: 12–14 minutes

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and locomotor hyperactivity. The prevalence of ADHD i...

 Dr James Shelly – Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

July 6, 2018

Time to read: 4 minutes

Anxiety disorders in children and youth are known to be common world-wide and are both distressing and impairing. Large-scale, national studies o...

 Dr Sanil Rege, Dr James Graham

November 28, 2017

Time to read: 4 minutes

Depression has a lower prevalence in men than in women although this lower incidence may be due to the gender biases in seeking help. ...

 Dr Sanil Rege, Dr James Graham

July 29, 2017

Time to read: 8 minutes

During gestation, the fetus is sensitive to environmental stressors that can have developmental and maturation consequences in later life. Maternal stre...

May 18, 2017

Time to read: 4 minutes

During pregnancy, a woman undergoes many biological adaptations, which are driven by a cascade of secreted sex hormones. This sex hormone surge includes...

 Dr Matthew Roberts

May 7, 2017

Time to read: 4 minutes

What’s the first word most people in my medical practice say when they cry? ‘Sorry.’ Sorry for what? For f...

Professor Felice Jacka is the Director of the Food and Mood Centre within the Deakin University School of Medicine in Geelong. She is also an honorary P...

January 27, 2017

Time to read: 5 minutes

Autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders that are characterised by deficits in social interactions including ve...