Treatment – The Spinoff

All in my head? No, doctor, it was all in my abdomen

8 April 2019 by Susie Ferguson

The pain of endometriosis can be utterly debilitating. Susie Ferguson asks why so many women and girls are expected simply to put up with it. It started when I was 14 years old. The first mention of dysmenorrhea in the ream of paper that is my medical records – that was the first time I went … Read more

How new ways of thinking about mental disorders can help treat them

16 December 2018 by Kris Nielsen

Are mental health issues the same as mental disorders? And how can better understanding mental disorders help us treat people with them? Every second article on my newsfeed at the moment seems to be about the mental health crisis and how the New Zealand health system is struggling to manage it (see articles X, Y, … Read more