Why do people often experience depression and heart disease at the same time?
MQ-funded scientists believe they have identified a link between depression and heart disease.
Lead articles
What motherhood has taught me about mental health research
We spoke to MQ-funded scientist Dr Bronwyn Graham about becoming a mother, how it's impacted her views on mental health research and her hopes for her children.
“We broke a few silos at the Mental Health Science Meeting this year”
After attending the Mental Health Science Meeting for the first time, PhD candidate Urska shares her thoughts…
“We need to get better at sharing our experiences of loneliness”
Ahead of the Mental Health Science Meeting, Pam Qualter talked to us about her research into the links between loneliness and mental health.
“A doctor needs to know what’s important to each individual”
We spoke to Bill Fulford about his work to make sure the values of people living with mental illness can be incorporated into decisions about treatment they receive.
“Pharmacists are there at the very moment a person receives a prescription for antidepressants - and we need their help”
MQ-funded researcher Claire is helping GPs make more personalised treatment choices for people with mental illness- and looking to pharmacists for help.
5 parents’ hopes for what mental health research could achieve
We spoke to five parents about the mental health challenges and opportunities that face their children’s generation - and their hopes for what research could achieve.
A first for mental health science: Facing our fears can actually overwrite traumatic memories
New MQ-funded research has found that re-writing memories, rather than suppressing them, could be the most effective way to overcome PTSD.