School of Health Sciences

If you ride a bike and want to cut your risk of traumatic head injury, you should wear a helmet. A major Australian review of 40 different studies and 64,000 injured cyclists worldwide showed wearing a bicycle helmet reduces the risk of serious head injury by nearly 70%.

Managing a child’s screen time when they’re home sick from school has taken on a whole new dimension. For many parents, the challenge of juggling work and caring for a sick child at home inevitably leads to more TV or iPad. The digital world offers a convenient solution to keep children occupied and, to an extent, comforted.

From July 1, authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin to treat depression that has not responded to other treatments. Patients must also undergo psychotherapy (talking therapy).

During the current housing affordability crisis, we’re seeing people who work and families with children becoming homeless or living in unstable housing. They may be living in a motel room, vehicle, tent or caravan park. They may be on a friend’s couch or on the street.