‘Stopgap more harm than good’
The NSW government’s stopgap strategy of relying on locums and visiting medical officers to care for the most severely mentally ill ‘will almost certainly do more harm than good’.
Mental Health
Why Dr Reddy is quitting the system just months from end of training
Dr Nithya Reddy wanted to change the mental health system after enduring unimaginable trauma. Now senior doctors are warning the accreditation of future psychiatrists, like Dr Reddy, is at critical risk in NSW.
Poll plea: break ‘deep silence’ on mental health
Mental health expert Patrick McGorry has warned of a ‘deep silence’ on mental health issues ahead of the election.
How disability was hijacked by the privileged
I have ADHD but I am not disabled, I am not a victim. We need to direct our conversation, attention and – most important – funding to the right causes.
Australian MP tells UK parliament VAD prevents suicide
NSW Independent MP Alex Greenwich told a UK parliament committee that voluntary assisted dying prevents suicide. How does this stack up against the data?
Tragic teen trapped in culture chasm
A young girl is raised in two different cultures, by different parents. Then she dies. Who decides what happens next?
Meet the CEO balancing work, life, and triplets
Juggling a corporate job, a personal life, and 13-year-old triplets is not for the faint of heart. But Dan Hunter would not have it any other way.
Booze or weed: what’s worse for your health?
Both can do you harm, and the debate is clouded by less research into the effects of cannabis.
Dissatisfied, stagnant or in a rut? You might be languishing
The state of joyless stagnation, emptiness and low wellbeing is a condition Kurt Annis is familiar with. It prompted the then insurance broker to take action.
Headspace flails under demand
The majority of headspace users see no improvement to health outcomes, and its chief executive is appealing for structural reform to change that.
Think you’ll have access to a specialist doctor if you need one? Don’t be so sure
The mass resignation of psychiatrists from the NSW public hospital system may be only the first tremor of a seismic shift in the way our public hospitals work in the future.
Concern psychiatry crisis set to expand
The NSW mental health sector is under strain as the first of mass resignations come into effect. Unions say other doctors now need to consider what action they’ll take if other negotiations fail.
How can runners prevent injury? Five tricks to try
Don’t let runner’s knee and shin splints slow you down – try these easy exercises to keep you speeding ahead.
Dogs, walks and weeds: an RBA board member’s therapy
Elana Rubin, Reserve Bank board member, loves getting out with her border collie-cross poodles, Lucy and Maggie, to start the day with a clear head. Just don’t mention meditation.
Having too many sickies? This might be why
Fatigue and a constant sense of dread about the day ahead can be some of the symptoms of severe burnout. Here’s what to look for and how to address the problem.
Dear Premier, stop playing politics with my mental health
Public sector psychiatrists who offer a critical service are quitting and it seems like you just don’t care. They should be able to work in safe conditions.
As psychiatrists quit en masse, a shocked system enters uncharted waters
It’s been called the ‘impossible profession’. As an already critical workforce crisis vastly worsens, attention is turning to the overdue task of reform.
Need help to get moving? Don’t set your goals too high
Australia’s wealth of walking events gives ample chance to aspire to better health, though exercise psychologists argue an open goal may give as much incentive.
My AI therapist won’t stop texting me
If your therapist called you every day, perhaps you’d be the most mentally stable person on earth. But if AI is designed to ‘become smarter’ every time it interacts with human beings, have I become the metric for mental illness?
How I cured my porn and alcohol addiction — by a neuroscientist
Tj Power says he trained his brain to control his worst impulses, and now he’s sharing his secrets for a happier, healthier mind.
Life after the pill: why it feels like no one understands
The belief, popularised on social media, that the pill is to blame for all our health woes is seeing women shun it in record numbers – but life on the other side can be a shock.
Mental health patients languish in ED
Sydney hospital issues directive that bureaucrats undertake initial assessments of mental health patients rather than psychiatrists as resignations take effect.
D-day for mental health as private sector steps in
Hospitals across NSW are now stripped of scores of psychiatrists as mass resignations take effect and the state government moves to active crisis footing on mental health.
This is a sickening, inexorable slide over a cliff …
Public health systems have become a heartless, bureaucratic, mechanistic force that damages doctors and patients in its wake, a tragic phenomenon writ large in the NSW psychiatry dispute.
Mass psychiatrist resignations hit multitude of patients
Psychiatrists serve patients in public hospitals across the gamut of conditions from surgery to transplants to palliative care – all are about to be hit by the NSW mental health system crisis.
Nation’s mental health patients’ message to minister: ‘Pull your head in’
The nation’s most vulnerable mental health patients demand psychiatrists be looked after as a charity boss urges system change.
New mums face mental health ‘disaster’
Mother and baby mental health units are already refusing intakes as the NSW doctors’ dispute begins to hit patients and fears the shut-down of critically under-resourced services will be catastrophic rise.
Mental health bed closures for new mums a ‘national disaster’
The closure of beds in perinatal mother and baby mental health units holds potentially catastrophic risks.
Depression risk lurks in the genes
Researchers say it’s now beyond doubt that depression has a biological basis as well as being the result of circumstance as the world’s largest study into the genetics of the condition identifies almost 700 genes associated with risk.
Do brain training apps work? We tested some
Simon Usborne tried the mind-boosting games that are supposed to increase your grey matter, including Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training and Lumosity
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