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.
The easy access to, and uptake of, vaping by young Australians is a public health crisis, writes Professor Jonine Jancey.
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 ...
GPs play a vital role in mental health care, but their place is often overlooked, writes Canberra GP Associate Professor Louise Stone ...
In this exclusive article, Sydney endocrinologist Dr Namson Lau explores how the Ozempic crisis came about, the impact of the extended shortage on the care of patients, and how it is affecting clinicians.
We must focus on the social and intergenerational determinants of health and develop more nuanced measures of need and access to improve health outcomes in rural and regional Australia, write Associate Professor Bernadette Ward and Dr Pamela Harvey ...
Australia could lead the world in digital mental health if new platforms were paired with appropriate in-person clinical care, writes clinical psychologist Dr Peter Baldwin …
The experience of Australians with long COVID can help inform responsive and effective health care, writes occupational therapist Dr Danielle Hitch ...
In part two of this series on health system reform, Associate Professors Cate Kelly and Doug Johnson from the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne discuss the need for health care reform that is workforce-centred.
