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Psychedelic-assisted therapy offers promise. But new research highlights concerns about safety and accessibility.
A modest increase in health funding is all that’s needed to save lives. That’s a big impact for the price of a fancy coffee.
Australians are waiting longer and longer for their first psychiatry appointment, especially outside major cities.
Knowing which kind of provider to see and how to access help can be half the battle.
From July 1, authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin in some circumstances. Here’s what we’re excited and concerned about.
By creating both an urgent need for mental health care and the need to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is enabling telemedicine to go mainstream.
Even before the pandemic, divisive politics was affecting mental health, and political topics were being raised in therapy. Now, patients want therapists that share their views.
Around 20% of young Australian women had a diagnosis of depression or anxiety in 2017 compared with 12.8% in 2009. But the proportion of people reporting significant symptoms has remained stable.
While the global health community has made mental healthcare a priority, South Africa is not following suite. The impact is felt most acutely by poor people suffering from mental health disorders.
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Researcher at the Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW & Black Dog Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Ontario
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Chair of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Psychiatrist and Clinical Associate at The Centre of Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training, University of Montana
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
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