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.
Mental Health
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
Psychiatrist’s lament: ‘I don’t want to resign’
Psychiatrists say their dispute with the NSW government is about far more than pay. This is why one psychiatrist is walking away from the public system.
Boost for autistic in $42m package
Autistic Australians have some of the poorest life outcomes. This plan is designed to change that.
Jon Stevens’ terrifying health scare: ‘You’re about to drop dead’
The rock singer reveals how he balances his physical and mental health while touring, how following doctors’ advice saved his life in 2009, and why he finds inspiration in The Rolling Stones.
Government begs psychiatrists: please don’t resign
The NSW government has escalated its brinkmanship with its psychiatry workforce, refusing to pay them more and warning of the widespread impacts of mass resignations.
Public mental health system teeters on brink
As 201 out of 260 staff specialist psychiatrists quit in NSW, trainees are being pushed to take up more frontline care – sparking fears for their wellbeing and that of their patients.
‘I want to talk but no one is listening’: What men really say about mental health
When I called for men to talk about their mental health, the comments from readers described how they really felt. Here’s how they responded.
Facing up to fears a healthier solution than avoiding them
Chloe* was always a bit of an anxious child and it seemed to be getting worse each year.
You may be handling your child’s anxiety wrongly. Here’s why
It’s time to up-end our approach to handling childhood and teenage anxiety, two clinical psychologists say. Parents and teachers can start by ‘starving it of attention’.
Men, it’s time to talk about it
Despite public awareness campaigns and cultural shifts, men still struggle to talk about their mental health, meaning issues fester and can result in dire personal, social and relationships consequences.
We need to talk about medicinal cannabis
Despite weak evidence supporting its use, about half a million Australians have been prescribed it, fuelled by a system where doctors are paid for every prescription they write.
Dabbing: the dangerous trend ‘breaking’ teenage brains
Health authorities are sounding the alarm as teenagers present to emergency rooms with seizures, cyclical vomiting or psychosis. A mother explains: ‘It was like someone replaced my daughter with someone else’.
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