You’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean that’s slowly filling with water. It’s sprung a leak and with every passing moment the water level is rising. You grab a bucket and frantically try to scoop the water out before the boat sinks. Realising it’s not working, you grab a ...

Published Aug 2022

With so many Australians under financial strain, mental ill-health is rife, and psychologists are in high demand. But with heavier workloads, higher costs and fees not rising enough to compensate, there are concerns the workforce may not have adequate support to respond.  F...

Published Sep 2023

Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity. It means 'bouncing back' from difficult experiences (American Psychology Association, 2018). The appeal of resilience as a concept has grown with an expansion of its meaning beyond the capacity to recover fro...

Published Sep 2018

Parenting is one of the most daunting, demanding and challenging tasks that most of us will undertake. Without any training or preparation, and armed only with life experiences and opportunities, or lack thereof, the journey through parenting is fraught. The majority of parent...

Published Aug 2018

The work I do that relates to pain in children has been mostly with moderate to severe pain. Our team includes Erin Brown, Alexandra De Young, Belinda Dow, Rebecca Moore and Jo Butler. We are psychologists working with traumatically injured and critically ill children and thei...

Published Mar 2021

The APS Prize is awarded to each student who gains first place at the end of an accredited fourth-year program in psychology through an Australian higher education provider. Madeleine Sicard Australian Catholic University Can social media facilitate social change? #Me...

Published Mar 2021

New survey: Rising levels of stress reported across the country over the past five years New figures released today show the stress levels of the nation have risen over the past five years, with 35 per cent of Australians reporting a significant level of distress, and anxie...

Published Oct 2017

Strong social relationships and offline human connections are the key to happiness for Australians, according to findings from the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) Compass for Life survey, released for Psychology Week (6-12 November) Human connections took the t...

Published Oct 2017

Lonely Australians have significantly worse physical and mental health than connected Australians, according to a new study that shows one in four Australians report being lonely.  The Australian Psychological Society (APS) and Swinburne University of Technology have undert...

Published Nov 2018

Australia’s forced social isolation has psychological health experts concerned about an increase in loneliness and associated emotional and physical health issues, especially among older Australians. According to research undertaken by the Australian Psychological Society (...

Published May 2020