26 May 2020

The benefits of crying for your mental health

From Afternoons, 1:50 pm on 26 May 2020

Many people will have been crying a lot more than usual over the past few months. 

What is perhaps less obvious is why we cry, and why it can be good for our mental health.

We speak to Professor Jennie Hudson, the Director of the Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University. 

Crying woman suffering from depression and her psychologist

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