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California clinicians gather for long-awaited COVID forum. The latest guidelines provide guidance. – Times of illness

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David Putrino speaks backstage at the lectern while giving a keynote address about chronic COVID and IACCs. He is a white man with a shaved head and a white button-up shirt and black breathing. Next to him on the screen is a slide from his presentation that reads, "What are the chronic conditions and diseases of infection and how should they be diagnosed?"

Clinicians and people with chronic COVID gathered in Santa Barbara, California in late March for a forum on clinical care advances in chronic conditions related to the infection. David Putrino delivers the keynote address at the California Long COVID + IACCI Clinical Implementation Forum. Photo courtesy of Avi Das, Chesley Initiative. Clinicians, researchers, and people … Read more

Editorial | Government failure to provide mental health care puts lives at risk

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Editorial | Government failure to provide mental health care puts lives at risk

Something is deeply wrong with South Africa’s mental health care system. The latest tragedy to grab the headlines is the death of 35-year-old psychiatric patient Lerato Molme, who died of burn injuries in June 2024 in a fire at the George Mukhari Academic Hospital (GMAH). As a punishment, he was confined to an unheated isolation … Read more

More than 630 GPs in Singapore are now part of a scheme that empowers them to provide mental health treatment.

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More than 630 GPs in Singapore are now part of a scheme that empowers them to provide mental health treatment.

Singapore – Mental health support in primary care has expanded here, with the number of general practitioners (GPs) able to access a network of low-cost psychiatric medications and support to manage complex mental health conditions exceeding 630 by the end of 2025. This is up from 520 last year, according to Ministry of Health (MOH) … Read more