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A total of 80 consensus recommendations have been developed to guide best-practice management of multiple sclerosis in Australia and New Zealand.
Many people think of psychology as being primarily about mental health, but its story goes far beyond that.
Recently, doctors in training across the country expressed their widespread frustration about the derogatory attitudes of human resources (HR) management in public hospitals. If intractable workplace abuses of doctors in training are not addressed, some public hospital directors and officers may face significant penalties from regulators for breaches of government-legislated work health and safety standards.
The latest MJA supplement explores ethical research processes and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research.
It is hoped that the incoming Queensland Government keep Queensland on the path to safe and fully accessible reproductive health care for all women and pregnant people within the public sector.
A temporary ceasefire is being observed in Gaza after 15 months of conflict between Hamas and Israel. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and many more injured. The targeting and destruction of health care facilities along with the detention and murder of health care workers has left an already health-poor population even more at risk of morbidity and mortality due to chronic disease.
Australia has passed new rules banning children under 16 years from social media, yet University of Queensland researchers have found little evidence linking social media to youth mental illness. They write why a public health response may lead to more positive outcomes.
Autism organisations are choosing a “glass-half-full” attitude towards the new National Autism Strategy. But its arrival — in the same month as the treatment of autistic children being removed from the NDIS — has been a cause of frustration for many.
Potential resignations of psychiatrists in the public health system in New South Wales may force the closure of hospital beds over what has been referred to as a “system constantly on the verge of collapse”.
