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Podcasts
Professor Kathy Griffiths from the National Institute of Mental Health Research talks about the need for action in mental health reform.
Editor-in-Chief, Professor Stephen Leeder shares his highlights from our mental health issue.
Videos
Both podcasts are also available as videos.

 

Telling the story of mental health
Mental health has enormous economic and societal consequences, yet policies are sadly inadequate
Research

Frequency and quality of mental health treatment for affective and anxiety disorders among Australian adults
Australians with affective and anxiety disorders are not all receiving evidence-based care
Better access to mental health care and the failure of the Medicare principle of universality
Disadvantaged areas are still missing out
Are Aboriginal people more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancer?
Investigating the spread of cancer by cancer type among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in NSW

Survival of Indigenous Australians receiving renal replacement therapy: closing the gap?
A significant survival disparity remains between Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients receiving RRT
Are potential organ donors missed on general wards? A 6-month audit of hospital deaths
Recruiting more potential organ donors would not result in a large increase in organ donor numbers
Perspectives

Australian Early Psychosis Research Network: national collaboration, international competitive advantage
An expansion of clinical infrastructure for early psychosis intervention offers new possibilities for research, treatment and service development
Whereto mental health reform in Australia: is anyone listening to our independent auditors?
Paying attention to lessons already learned will improve mental health care for the future
Choosing wisely: the message, messenger and method
Creating momentum for clinicians to avoid health practices of limited value
Letters

Severe glaucoma and vision loss due to cosmetic iris implants
A case of irreversible vision loss resulting from insertion of cosmetic colour iris implants
Wasteful overinvestigation — ultrasound in groin hernias and groin pain
There are few useful indications for groin ultrasounds
A bowel cancer screening plan at last
General practice needs to be the pivot in the national screening program
First do no harm: a real need to deprescribe in older patients
Medication reviews and multidisciplinary input prevent harm
Case Reports

Domestically acquired hepatitis E successfully treated with ribavirin in an Australian liver transplant recipient
Locally acquired hepatitis E treated successfully with ribavirin in the context of immunosuppression
Chronic Q fever prosthetic valve endocarditis — an important cause of prosthetic valve dysfunction in Australia
In endemic areas, Q fever endocarditis can result in premature prosthetic valve dysfunction
Clinical focus

Management of the acutely agitated patient in a remote location
A consensus statement from Australian aeromedical retrieval services
Reflections

A new man
The winning entry in the Medical Student competition category is the moving story of an old Polish pilot
Salt peanuts
My dad in the neonatal ICU …
Writing with light

Winning image: Huntsman sitting in the bedroom (we left him there)
The Writing with Light digital photography image gallery is available to view at: https://www.mja.com.au/multimedia/writingwithlight

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