Women and girls with disabilities in India are pushed into mental institutions, where they live in unsanitary conditions and are at constant risk of physical and sexual violence, Human Rights Watch ...

Globally, an estimated 792 million people or 1 in 10 people, including 1 in 5 children, have a mental health condition. Gender is a major factor (World Health Organization1; 2019a; 2019b; 2019c).

Psychiatrists say the federal government could prevent many Australians with psychosocial disability from ending up on the NDIS if it bolstered mental health support. NDIS advocates argue the scheme ...

CHICAGO – With every increase or decrease in depressive symptom severity, there is a corresponding significant and stepwise increase or decrease in psychosocial disability among patients with bipolar ...

People living with significant psychosocial disability are being left unsupported and at risk of homelessness and hospitalisation despite billions of dollars spent on the National Disability Insurance ...

Stakeholders in the mental health sector have renewed calls for increased awareness, strengthened support systems and the elimination of stigma faced by persons living with psychosocial disabilities.

Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) can experience persistent and substantial functional impairment, and the extent of psychosocial impairment often varies with symptom severity. Factors ...

Jennifer Smith-Merry receives funding from the Australian Research Council for a fellowship focusing on psychosocial disability and the NDIS. The National Disability Insurance Agency provides in-kind ...