http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=health Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Andrew Whitehouse, David Trembath and Mirko Uljarevic) There is an increasing awareness of autism, and a better appreciation of how widely dispersed it is, but does that obscure those in real need? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23982 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23982 Thu, 14 May 2026 08:16:39 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23982 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) Is addiction a disease to cure or a life to preserve? The answer shapes whether we choose abstinence or harm reduction. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23944 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23944 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:40:37 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23944 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) We have created what amounts to a diagnostic-industrial-government complex - a self-reinforcing system in which everyone benefits from more diagnoses except the patients. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23941 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23941 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:50:20 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23941 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) The multi-billion-dollar autism bill is not the disease, but a symptom of a system that rewards diagnosis over disability and expansion over recovery. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23921 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23921 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:03:09 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23921 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Kara Thomas and Andrew McIntyre) When ethics becomes dissent: why doctors must be free to speak for patient safety http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23913 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23913 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:53:44 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23913 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) The 20th century was the age of diagnosis. The 21st must become the age of recovery, measured not by how many people we enrol in the mental health system, but by how many no longer need it. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23879 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23879 Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:14:18 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23879 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Werner Sattmann-Frese) From burned-out psychiatrists to disengaged students and collapsing social bonds, Australia’s many crises share a hidden common cause: a deep, systemic exhaustion born of long-running exploitation and denied meaning. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23812 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23812 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:52:24 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23812 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ross Elliott) Road deaths feel worse, but the rate keeps falling. Population growth skews headlines. Better regional roads and behaviour, not fine-heavy policing, will save more lives. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23804 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23804 Thu, 8 Jan 2026 08:37:38 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23804 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Filipe Rafaeli) Covid reshaped society on a scale unseen since World War II - but instead of sparking cultural transformation, it left fear, obedience, and a troubling silence in its wake. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23771 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23771 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:41:06 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23771 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Viv Kissane) Behind every newborn is a parent quietly wondering if they’re coping. New data shows how often we fail to ask the question that could change everything. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23764 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23764 Mon, 8 Dec 2025 07:21:34 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23764 On Line Opinion