Life Matters

Soon, some patients will be able to get treatments for PTSD and treatment resistant depression using a psychedelic drug and psychotherapy in combination.

When you have more than one child, managing their individual dispositions can be quite a dance.  How do you manage each of your child's needs without favouritism? And, is there a way your parents did it that worked well or not so well for you? Also, if you've found a way to use AI to make your work easier, do you have to tell your boss?

Advocates say that treating drug use as a crime rather than a health issue is causing the waiting lists for drug treatment programs to reach epic proportions and are calling for a new national approach.

And is the institution of marriage still fit for our modern lives?

Understanding the growing phenomenon of workplace trauma, plus how our obsession with taking photos of food is impacting our relationship to eating, and COVID kids: the teenage years.

New guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of childhood concussion, plus we take a look at the no-wash movement, and a new campaign to keep young people safe on social media.

When the bill to create the NDIS was first introduced, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said that the scheme would "transform the lives of people with disability, their families and carers."

But with a major review currently under way, the Minister, Bill Shorten, has expressed concerns, stating that "the NDIS is not what it should be."

How has the NDIS impacted people's lives ten years on?

How have you been able to improve the sexual relationship you have with yourself? Plus, why are we so sentimental about names?

Dealing with our feelings about bad climate change news. Plus making sure powers of attorney are not used against older people, and how COVID amplified the negative effects of social media for primary school children.

Some men are using testosterone therapy in the hopes it will make them healthier, but do they really need it? Plus how the suit became such a staple in our wardrobes, and a look at ageing through the lens of life satisfaction and happiness, rather than focusing on longevity.

If you're in the city, you usually have access to specialists, hospitals, GPs, and allied health. It may not always be cheap, or immediate, or local, but it is available. When you head out to rural, regional, and remote Australia, how does that story change?