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Almost a decade on from his doomed attempt at a comeback, Ian Thorpe has finally revealed what everyone in Australian sport already suspected - he quit swimming way too young because he never got the proper help he needed to cope with the enormous pressure he was under. In one of his most candid admissions yet, Australia's most prolific gold medallist has told The Saturday Telegraph he could have - and should have - swum at two more Olympics but the mental health services available at the time were not up to scratch. "Yes, we had a team psychologist, but people felt that if you saw him, th...

Surge in eating disorders reveals 'tragedy' of lockdown We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Surge in eating disorders reveals 'tragedy' of lockdown Normal text size Advertisement The COVID-19 pandemic and Victoria’s protracted lockdown to contain the virus has triggered a wave of destructive eating disorders in teenagers and young adults, with the demand for treatment overwhelming available services and spilling into hospital wards and emergency rooms. Christine Morgan, the National Mental Health Commission chief executive who advises the Pr...

Surge in eating disorders reveals 'tragedy' of lockdown We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Surge in eating disorders reveals 'tragedy' of lockdown Normal text size Advertisement The COVID-19 pandemic and Victoria’s protracted lockdown to contain the virus has triggered a wave of destructive eating disorders in teenagers and young adults, with the demand for treatment overwhelming available services and spilling into hospital wards and emergency rooms. Christine Morgan, the National Mental Health Commission chief executive who advises the Pr...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg were publicly campaigning for one. Restaurant and cafe owners were desperate, as were people who’d been cut off from friends and family for two months. Thompson was a member of a Melbourne University research team, led by epidemiologist Tony Blakely, asked to provide scientific modelling to help inform the government’s exit strategy. The modelling didn’t tell the government what it should do but provided a series of projections about the risk of a further epidemic before Christmas. The most important variable in the mod...