Rehabilitation

A luxury rehabilitation facility offering tailored mental health and addiction treatment at up to $25,000 a week has closed down, citing a lack of community support.  

The $13.5-million residential treatment centre in Newcastle will deliver support for people experiencing mental illnesses such as anorexia with treatment costs covered by Medicare and government funding.

When Gordon Broome took up adapted mountain biking during his rehabilitation, it set him on a path to help others do the same. 

Scientists have developed tiny biological bridges, each made up of millions of nasal cells, which they hope will encourage nerve cells to regenerate and grow over a patient's spinal cord injury.

After waking from a week-long coma caused by a cardiac arrest that left her with a hypoxic brain injury, Mel Hartman was so disoriented she thought she "was still a rowdy teenager" — and while she has undergone intensive rehabilitation, she says social supports are lacking.

Exposure to violence defined Darryl's early life, before he turned to violence himself. Today, Darryl teaches positive masculinity and uses boxing to empower communities and help break the cycle.

Former premiership captain Mark Bickley was no stranger to concussions but after his son was in a bike accident, he realised head injuries could present differently in children.

An alcohol and drug rehabilitation provider near Esperance vows to review its program after former residents raise concerns about its reliance on unqualified staff and limited mental health support.

Chris Perry has a tough recovery ahead after suffering a spinal injury during a campsite accident. He didn't realise one of his biggest challenges would be finding a rehab bed.

As Chris focuses on his recovery, he remains hopeful that he will walk again.

Mary Goulding was a rising star of New Zealand basketball. But after a near-fatal car accident, she sustained a brain injury and was put in a coma for 12 days. This is the story of how she went from learning to swallow, talk and walk again, to elite Australian basketball.

Broome's new sobering-up shelter was supposed to be identified and opened in 2021 and the delay is a constant source of frustration for the community. 

Australian netball international Kim Ravaillion is back on court, months after being warned she was at high risk of injury after spinal surgery to ease lower back pain.

The steady click of needles and hooks on couches around Australia tells us that knitters have been onto the very real therapeutic benefits of crochet for a long time, writes Julia Baird.

Last year was the deadliest on Australia's roads in five years, but there's no national record of how many people were left injured.

Military veterans say a new small-scale treatment model that includes ice baths, structured exercise and cooking classes is showing positive results for their mental health.

Kev Mauger suffered horrific head trauma and injuries after being catapulted over his motorcycle handlebars four years ago. Despite being told he would never play guitar again, his love for music has been key in his recovery.

Outrage from nearby residents in opposition to a youth bail program has prompted Anglicare to abandon its Gold Coast-based support that was aimed a rehabilitating young people.

A man who was addicted to gambling for 20 years says he has watched the industry change from a punt at a local TAB to endless betting apps available at the swipe of a finger.

Last year, nearly 1,000 juveniles in Townsville were charged with property offences. But a game-changing program is working to cut youth crime, by giving vulnerable kids the support they need to get their lives back on track.