Collaborative care for the management of depression, heart disease and diabetes brings positive results. By Annie May. Practice nurses can improve depression in patients with diabetes and heart disease, a recent study has found. Researchers from the Greater Green Triangle ...

A new study finds Australian nurses report greater job strain than their New Zealand counterparts, writes Fiona Cassie. Australian nurses are more likely to report high job strain than their New Zealand counterparts, the early data from a major longitudinal ...

Governments urged to provide increased and targeted mental health services to affected people. People affected by the floods devastating Queensland are being urged to look after their mental health. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is warning ...

Urgent action is needed to treat depression in cancer patients. The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and the Australian Nursing Federation are concerned that systematic failures are leading to a lack of depression diagnosis for women with breast cancer. ...

Nurses use Mental Health Week to call for more action to treat chronic illness. The detrimental impact of untreated mental health disorders on patients suffering from chronic illnesses will be a focus of Mental Health Week. ANF federal secretary Lee ...

Pregnant women with depression are still falling through the gap, according to researchers. Annie May reports. The arrival of a new baby can be one of the happiest events in a women’s life. It can also be a difficult and ...