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Australia and New Zealand are plagued by ‘tall poppy syndrome’. But would a cure be worse than the disease?

A tendency to drag down those who set themselves above others, the syndrome supposedly reflects values of equality, humility and the storied ‘fair...

Nick Haslam

A staggering rise in the prevalence of many medical conditions and the cultural attention we pay them is the subject of a new book, The Age of...

One of the more appealing customs of psychoanalysis is that analysts must be analysed. If you are going to put others on the couch you should lie...

Rates of mental ill health among young people are on the rise. Between the years 2020 and 2022, 39% of Australians aged 16 to 24 had a mental...

The language of mental ill health is inescapable. Diagnostic terms, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pervade popular...