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Mental disorders

Research

Identifying modifiable causes of stress in clinicians and administrators working in New South Wales psychiatric emergency care centres, 2023–24: a qualitative study

Jacqueline P Huber, Alyssa Milton, Matthew Brewer, Kat Fry, Sean Evans, Jason Coulthard and Nicholas Glozier

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 410-417 Free

Research

An autoethnographic critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children

Jayne McFadyen, Timothy W Jones, Rowena Koek, Fintan Harte, Brendan Jansen, Megan Galbally, Warren Kealy‐Bateman, Catherine Wall, Quinnehtukqut McLamore and Anja Ravine

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (7): 359-364 Free

Narrative review

Sex‐ and gender‐responsive management of anxiety disorders: future pathways for research, education, policy and practice

Bronwyn M Graham

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (7): 372-378 Free

Letter to the editor

The role of GLP‐1 receptor agonists in the management of obesity: risks and opportunities for the Australian health care system

Patrick GM Bolton

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (7): 379-379 Free

Research

Country revealing the way: evaluating Elder‐governed cultural therapy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with mental health conditions

Alasdair Vance, Janet McGaw, Jo Winther, Naomi Tootell, Herb Patten and Sandra Eades

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (6): 304-311 Free

Perspective

The contribution of evidence‐based practice and the practice‐based evidence approaches to contemporary Australian psychology: implications for culturally safe practice

Paul Gray (Wiradjuri), Dawn Darlaston‐Jones, Pat Dudgeon AM (Bardi), Kate Derry, Joanna Alexi, William Smith (Wiradjuri and Wemba Wemba), Tanja Hirvonen (Jaru and Bunuba), David Badcock, Shraddha Kashyap and Belle Selkirk (Noongar)

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (6): 282-288 Free

Perspective

A precautionary approach to social media: protecting young minds in an evolving digital world

Ivana Stankov, Yonatal Tefera, Melissa Bradley, Alison Pickering, Emma Willoughby and Carmel Williams

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 230-232 Free

Letter to the editor

Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study

Oyedeji Ayonrinde, Sara Mohamed and Jenna Nensi

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 226-226 Free

Ethics and law

When may an adult woman with cognitive impairment still have capacity to consent to an abortion?

Julia P Duffy, Sam Boyle and Casey M Haining

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 127-131 Free

Research

Prescription opioid supply‐restricting policies and hospital use by people prescribed opioid medications, Victoria, 2018–22: a controlled interrupted time series analysis

Suzanne Nielsen, Louisa Picco, Bosco Rowland, Nadine E Andrew, Taya A Collyer, Samanta Lalic, Rachelle Buchbinder, Christopher Pearce, J Simon Bell, Dan I Lubman and Ting Xia

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 134-140 Free

Perspective

Exploring the role of urine drug screening in opioid agonist therapy

Grace FitzGerald, Sione Crawford, Adrian J Dunlop, Jon Cook, Dean Membrey, Paul MacCartney and Thileepan Naren

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 381-383 Free

Editorial

The potential benefits of a needle and syringe program in Australian prisons

Alexander J Thompson and Michael H Levy

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 394-395 Free

Editorial

Strong medication overdose data, but we need to consider both toxicity and therapeutic need when prescribing

Angela L Chiew and Geoffrey K Isbister

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 337-338 Free

Research

The relative toxicity of medicines detected after poisoning suicide deaths in Australia, 2013–19: a data linkage case series study

Jessy Lim, Nicholas A Buckley, Kate Chitty, Andrea L Schaffer, Jennifer Schumann, Zein Ali and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 339-347 Free

Perspective

Improving palliative care for people who use alcohol and other drugs

Grace FitzGerald, Jon Cook, Peter Higgs, Charles Henderson, Sione Crawford and Thileepan Naren

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 164-167 Free

Research

Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study

Steve Kisely, Rebecca Seth, Susan J Jordan, Bradley Kendall, Dan J Siskind, Grant Sara, Justin Chapman, Lisa Brophy and David M Lawrence

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 617-622 Free

Perspective

Disorders of gut–brain interaction, eating disorders and gastroparesis: a call for coordinated care and guidelines on nutrition support

Trina Kellar, Chamara Basnayake, Rebecca E Burgell, Michael Kamm, Hannah W Kim, Kate Lane, Kate Murphy and Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 10-12

Editorial

The association of child protection contact with mental health‐related hospitalisations of adolescents, and their costs

Paul Hotton

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 531-532 Free

Research letter

Medicare‐subsidised mental health service use during the first 15 years of life in New South Wales: a population cohort study

Oliver J Watkeys, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R Laurens, Vaughan J Carr and Melissa J Green

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 554-557 Free

Guideline

Guidelines for the design and implementation of youth participation initiatives to safeguard mental health and wellbeing

Kailin Guo, Danica Meas, Dominik Mautner, Fulin Yan, Imeelya Al‐Hadaya, Amarina Donohoe‐Bales, Lily Teesson, Stephanie R Partridge, Magenta B Simmons, Mariam Mandoh, Emma L Barrett, Maree R Teesson, Scarlett Smout and Marlee Bower

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): S34-S40 Free

Perspective

Five decades of debate on burnout

Renzo Bianchi and James F Sowden

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 573-575 Free

Narrative review

Current approaches to the identification and management of gambling disorder: a narrative review to inform clinical practice in Australia and New Zealand

Simone N Rodda, Stephanie S Merkouris and Nicki A Dowling

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 495-500 Free

Perspective

Social media: the root cause of rising youth self‐harm or a convenient scapegoat?

Helen Christensen, Aimy Slade and Alexis E Whitton

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 524-526 Free

Research

Sensitivity and specificity of Aboriginal‐developed items to supplement the adapted PHQ‐9 screening measure for depression: results from the Getting it Right study

Timothy Skinner, Alex Brown, Armando Teixeira‐Pinto, Sara F Farnbach, Nicholas Glozier, Deborah A Askew, Graham Gee, Alan Cass and Maree L Hackett

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 258-263 Free

Research

Mental health training for physicians supervising resident physicians: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Aimée Gayed, Jessica Strudwick, Nathasha Kugenthiran, Anthony D LaMontagne, Andrew Mackinnon, Helen Christensen, Nicholas Glozier and Samuel Harvey

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 270-276 Free