Health and communications consultant Mark Ragg spent a fair bit of time wading through health statistics and reports to come up with his own personal assessment of the state of our health sy... Read more
John Mendoza, Adjunct Professor of Health Science, University of the Sunshine Coast, wants more support for web-based mental health programs: “Gavin Andrews (see previous posts) is abs... Read more
Dr Peter Cotton, a psychologist, writes in response to Gavin Andrew’s recent article on web-based treatment programs for depression, anxiety and other disorders: “My initial resp... Read more
Dr John Ashfield, a rural psychotherapist, has added these comments to discussions about the role of web doctoring in mental health (see previous posts for more info): The use of internet te... Read more
Professor Chris Baggoley, Chief Executive of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, sent this email in response to my recent post about the complexity of factors whi... Read more
In a recent Crikey article, journalist Margaret Simons investigated how The Age newspaper came to publish a column “in error”. Reading about the many factors and circumstances – both s... Read more
Some hundreds of patients with depression, anxiety and other disorders have received online treatment using a sophisticated computerised cognitive behaviour therapy program from the St Vince... Read more
Some more comments on the recent Crikey story… Glenn Gardner, Professor of Clinical Nursing at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Health Service District and Queensland University of... Read more
Some interesting responses to my Crikey story today about the AMA and turf wars: John Menadue, Centre for Policy Development: For years, it has been clear to me that there is widespread agre... Read more
Tim Gill, executive officer of the Australian and NZ Obesity Society, has some comments to add to the recent Crikey story on the so-called “obesity epidemic myth”. “Tim Old... Read more
