Opinions

The profound effects of child maltreatment on health and wellbeing have long been voiced by survivors, write Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine.

Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine

Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule will benefit children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders, write Elizabeth Elliott, Marcel Zimmet and Julie Flanagan.

Elizabeth Elliott, Marcel Zimmet, Julie Flanagan

Australia’s first national prevalence study of all forms of child abuse and neglect reveals that the typical experience of maltreatment is of multiple types, write Professors Daryl Higgins and Ben Mathews.

Daryl Higgins, Ben Mathews

Problem gambling has a compounding cost not just for individuals but also for their families and their communities, write Professor Steve Robson and Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi.

Steve Robson, Jeffrey Looi

GPs with mental health expertise are leaving the profession, leaving a worrying gap in the delivery of vital frontline mental health care, writes Canberra GP Dr Louise Stone.

Louise Stone

The easy access to, and uptake of, vaping by young Australians is a public health crisis, writes Professor Jonine Jancey.

Jonine Jancey

The latest Medical Training Survey makes for sobering reading, prompting the need for senior doctors to do more to address bullying and racism in the profession, writes Dr Jillann Farmer.

Jillann Farmer

GPs play a vital role in mental health care, but their place is often overlooked, writes Canberra GP Associate Professor Louise Stone ...

Louise Stone

The philosopher Baltasar Gracian observed: “The art of medicine lies in knowing what not to do”. That includes not discontinuing antidepressants when it is in the patient’s best interests to recommend continuing treatment to prevent relapse, write Associate Professors Jeffrey Looi, Stephen Allison and Professor Tarun Bastiampillai ...

Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Jeffrey Looi