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…
Tag: Mental health
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…
Why detransition became an untouchable subject in gender care: special report
The public debate on the rights and wrongs of gender-affirming care is often reduced to the small number of patients who decide to detransition. The…
‘We must empower women to manage menopause better’: gynaecologist professor
The health expert says too many older women are missing out on effective therapies
Childhood maltreatment linked with tripled risk of self-harm in young adulthood: Aussie study
Under-15s who come to the attention of child protection agencies for maltreatment have a threefold higher risk of self-harm or suicidal ideation when aged 25-39,…
Primary Health Networks: The $12 billion black hole experiment
The Australian National Audit Office report released last month is of considerable length and uses language that could only excite an accountant. Perhaps its biggest…
Lancet authors defend warnings over ‘menopause medicalisation’
Any claim that menopause was being over-medicalised and overtreated with MHT was always going to provoke discussion. Last week, Professor Martha Hickey was in the…
Doctors reject ‘patronising’ claims menopause is overtreated with MHT
Claims that menopause has been over medicalised and potentially overtreated with MHT have been rejected as “patronising” and harmful to women by leading Australian women’s…
A 2000-year-old monster: My experience with anti-Semites
I am a secular Jew, the son of Polish parents and grandparents who were perspicacious and lucky enough to escape eastern Europe before World War…
