Negative attitudes towards mental illness is leading to fewer student nurses pursuing a career in mental health, a nursing professor has said. Vice President of the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing (ACMHN) Professor John Hurley said the stigma is ...

A nurse working in a recovery centre for people affected by an eating disorder says she hopes to turn around the stigma attached to the illness. Alanah started her job as an acting nurse at the Queensland-based Wandi Nerida unit, ...

The federal government and the Black Dog institute have launched an e-health initiative to support those living with anxiety. As more Australians turn to the internet for medical help, a new federally-funded website is offering tools and tips to those ...

Calls for a long-term campaign to fight the stigma attached to mental illness. Australia needs to campaign against mental illness stigma in the same way it campaigns against obesity, smoking and alcohol addiction, a mental health expert said. At a ...

Mental illness can be a lonely, scary and dark existence, says one nurse who is sharing her secret to bring about change. For Belinda McCormack, living with mental illness has been a very personal journey. For years it has been ...