Psychology
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The big idea: could you have made different choices in life?
Now is the time when we look back over the past year and wonder: how did I do? Philip Ball…
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Diverting children away from the criminal justice system gives them a chance to ‘grow out’ of crime
Prison is no place for a child. Putting children in youth justice facilities can have long-lasting consequences for their physical, psychological and…
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If you want your child to be more resilient, get them to join a choir, orchestra or band
This involves their ability to overcome adversity. Authors The Conversation Resilience is perhaps more important now than ever… If you…
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Why is 13 considered unlucky?
Would you think it weird if I refused to travel on Sundays that fall on the 22nd day of the…
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How desk jobs alter your brain – and why they’re so tiring
But you’ve been sitting down all day. Authors The Conversation So why do you feel as tired as your friends…
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The fighter against prostitution
Huschke Mau was a prostitute. CNE Anna Lutz, PRO Medienmagazine Today she fights for a ban on prostitution. After spending…
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I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health
We are living, we’re told, through a “mental health crisis”. Sanah Ahsan The Guardian Mental health services cannot cope with the…
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The U-shaped happiness curve is wrong: many people do not get happier as they get older
This so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably not true. David Bartram The Conversation My analysis of data from the…
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Primary school offering treatment hope for children with ‘callous-unemotional traits’
It’s the first clinic of its kind: purpose-built on primary school grounds to deliver a new therapy for children who…
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‘Parents had to watch their children deteriorate’: The ‘disturbing’ effects of resignation syndrome
Refugees are increasingly being forced into “inhumane” immigration detention centres in a breach of international law, the World Health Organisation…
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Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence endured in Ukraine emerges
Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war as growing evidence of sexual violence emerges…
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Calls for people with mental impairment to get more protections in Victoria’s justice system
Social justice advocates are urging the Victorian government to prioritise a bill that would modernise legislation for dealing with an…
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Question Time showed that you can’t counter anti-vax myths with cold reason alone
How do you react when someone politely but firmly tells you that you’re talking nonsense about something that’s important to…
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Refugee who escaped the Taliban and self-immolated on Nauru speaks from Melbourne’s Park Hotel
But he said it was Australia’s ongoing and indefinite detention that had left him permanently scarred. Erin Handley ABC The refugee,…
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Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
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People feel lonelier in crowded cities – but green spaces can help
In the UK, around 45% of people report experiencing loneliness – with 5% of people experiencing severe loneliness. Andrea Mechelli The Conversation…
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