‘The children were sent to an expected death … We could do nothing’: The memories haunting Dr Michael Clements
Dr Michael Clements tries to avoid watching the bloody images coming out of Gaza. It is not because he does not care but because of…
Tag: Mental health
‘Some get worse’: The evidence for and against digital tools to reduce psychological distress
In this year’s budget, the federal government announced one of the biggest changes to the mental health system in nearly two decades: a digital early…
Professor Steve Robson: The story of my own near-suicide and how I came through
There is a paragraph in what follows where Professor Steve Robson, the AMA president, writes: “As someone who has experienced the most profound feelings of…
Watch for sexual dysfunction after antidepressant cessation: TGA
The TGA has slapped new safety warnings on all SSRIs and SNRIs about the risk of persistent sexual dysfunction after treatment cessation. It advised doctors…
When mental health unravels, are digital self-help tools a match for human connection?
When going through the federal budget announcements a few weeks back, I came across the pledge to create a new low-intensity digital mental health service.…
‘Thousands still have disaster-related PTSD’: How this govt-funded psychedelic trial will work
The Northern Rivers region in NSW has faced disaster not once but twice in the past decade. Floods and landslides in 2017 and 2022 devastated…
The 2024 health budget — the big announcements
There were a lot of pieces in last night’s federal budget, even if nothing was on the scale of the $3.5 billion for bulk-billing incentives…
MBS item for reviewing mental health care plans to be scrapped
Note: This article has been updated with a response from the Department of Health and Aged Care. The $78.95 MBS item for reviewing a mental…
Childhood maltreatment responsible for one in five Aussie mental health disorders: study
Nearly half of all suicide attempts can be directly attributed to child abuse and neglect, researchers report in an Australian-first study. The University of Sydney–led…
‘Bloody hard work’: Meet the doctor behind Australia’s first public ketamine clinic
There is no denying that ketamine has captured psychiatry’s attention. Once confined to the dusty shelves of the 1970s, research into the anaesthetic and illicit…
