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Q: Our 15-year-old son has pronounced mental health issues. He deals with multiple anxieties and depression, and he is painfully shy. You seem to believe that psychological therapy is of questionable value and even sometimes counterproductive when the patient is a child or teen. If that is true, we are…

If we handled cardiac issues the same way, we would turn away someone with high cholesterol and tell them to return once they’d had a heart attack

From January 1 the number of psychology sessions covered by Medicare will be reduced to ten per year, down from the 20 the government has been subsidising during the pandemic.

The health minister points to an independent evaluation of COVID-era psychology sessions to justify cutting the program — but that report actually recommended keeping the sessions.

The government is halving the number of Medicare-subsidised psychology appointments from the end of the year, following a review of the scheme.

Southgate suggested the unusual scenario of taking a second penalty in the same game, against a familiar foe in Hugo Lloris, may have disturbed Kane’s psychology

Throughout history, sports have been guilty of prioritising certain groups at the exclusion of others. There has been a pervasive idea that being an athlete requires the demonstration of traditionally masculine traits. Any individual not doing so was, and often still is, susceptible to being harassed, sidelined, or ostracised.

Dr Emma Hepburn, aka 'the psychology mum', has advised how parents can speak to children about the cost of living crisis amid all the pressures and expectations of the festive season

The government faces the rapid spread of public anger centred on a galvanising tragedy, says professor of psychology Stephen Reicher