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Adding genomic testing to newborn screening programs can expand them to cover hundreds of conditions and is getting closer to reality with multiple pilot studies internationally publishing early results.
Researchers at UQ oversee the research of mental disorders for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study – the largest ongoing study to quantify disorders and diseases in the world. They’re the only team working outside of the United States to do so, and their data influences the global agenda for mental health.
Lack of awareness of Pathological Demand Avoidance in health and education systems leading to family breakdown, self-harm and trauma
Children’s experience of domestic violence is commonly framed in the context of physical violence; however, new research highlights how parental coercive control plays a critical role in shaping long-term wellbeing.
It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed, write Laura Chien, Mary Dahm and Jen Morris.
The updated McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for MS have now been published, offering clinicians new tools to support earlier diagnosis, reduce uncertainty, and improve outcomes for Australians affected by the disease. Adoption into clinical practice is expected to follow as awareness and access to diagnostic tools grow.
I write in support of the timely article by Stephen and Sarah Duckett (“Should there be a delay in releasing diagnostic results to patients?"), which identifies the mandatory 7-day delay as a policy that warrants re-examination. The authors have laid out the foundational issues, but the problems with this delay extend even further when viewed through the additional lenses. These principles are particularly important today, as the healthcare system rightly encourages individuals to move from being passive recipients of care to active managers of their own wellbeing.
The Brisbane-based team quantifying mental disorders for the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) has identified that somatoform disorders — a group of mental disorders characterised by physical pain with psychological causes — are likely to be second only in mental health to depression burden of disease.
One in five engineered stone workers have high self-reported rates of asthma, even if they don’t have silicosis
