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  • Issue 24 / 27 June 2022
    Mental health: why doctors don’t seek help

    A POLL run by InSight+ recently showed that 67% of doctors still believe that seeking help for their mental health problems will endanger their career. This is not new information, and yet doctors’ mental health continues to be an ongoing concern. Beyond Blue’s now famous 2013 National Mental Health…

  • Issue 3 / 31 January 2022
    The other long COVID: impacts on health systems and clinicians

    AS Australia moves through the current Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention in both mainstream media and medical literature has begun to turn towards the impacts of long COVID. This is the name given to the long term impacts of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which in its most severe form can affect…

  • Issue 41 / 1 November 2021
    A reflection on swimming for mental health

    “Happiness is pretty simple: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.” THE above quote hangs on my wall. Its origin is disputed – some say it originated with Immanuel Kant, some say Alexander Chalmers, others say Rita Mae Brown. Regardless, it’s a reminder to me of the simple…

  • Issue 30 / 16 August 2021
    Wellbeing Charter for Doctors: righting wrongs

    CLINICIAN health and wellbeing has been an issue which has deservedly gained a great amount of attention over recent times. We have seen and heard many tragic stories that have resonated with many clinicians. Individuals such as Dr Steve Robson, Dr Yumiko Kadota and Dr Geoff Toogood have been incredible…

  • Issue 30 / 3 August 2020
    Let’s target zero self-harm among COVID-19 health workers

    “It is a moment not to be squandered by territorialism, squabbling over funding allocations, or short-term thinking. In every part of our country, and for the sake of our society and economy, we need to continue to stress that maintaining good mental health and preventing suicide is a social, economic…

  • Issue 2 / 20 January 2020
    Karoshi: death by overwork. Lessons from Japan

    THE work culture of modern Japan took shape after World War II, when rebuilding the economy was a top national priority. Young men were offered lifelong job security in exchange for loyalty, leading to the now infamous salaryman culture. The salaryman works his whole life at one company, which also…

  • Issue 41 / 21 October 2019
    Mental health of doctors-in-training: a reflection

    IT has been 8 months since Dr Yumiko Kadota’s blog post on her experience as a plastic surgery unaccredited registrar at Bankstown Hospital in New South Wales. She described hundreds of hours of overtime and on-call work, the lack of supervision and support, and her subsequent burnout. While there…

  • Issue 32 / 19 August 2019
    Sharing our lived experience: our courage demands respect

    “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” – Jerry Seinfeld IT’S not simply turning…