Hallucinogen use associated with later schizophrenia diagnosis: study
Patients who present to ED after hallucinogen use are 21 times more likely to develop schizophrenia spectrum disorder within three years compared with the general…
Tag: Mental health
Thousands more patients ditching GP appointments because of cost
More patients, especially younger people, are skipping GP appointments owing to cost-of-living pressures, reveal Australian Bureau of Statistics data. One in seven patients aged 24-35…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
Doctor rejects being a hospital specialist to be a GP for homeless patients
As a youngster in Perth’s middle-class western suburbs, Dr Andrew Davies wanted to be “some kind of professor of medicine”. “My mother was an obstetrician…
Govt decision to tie care plan rebates to MyMedicare will ‘punish special interest GPs’
A GP with a non-accredited solo practice says the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme is fragmenting care and hurting special interest GPs. Rebates for level C…
Psychiatric disorders raise risk of sudden cardiac death across all age groups: study
Young people with schizophrenia have 4.5 times the risk of sudden cardiac death compared with the general population, a study shows. Danish researchers drawing on…
‘We’ve been waiting 70 years for this day’: Is this drug a new era for schizophrenia treatment?
There are myriad ways the mind and body can go wrong but schizophrenia is crueller than many others. While doctors have witnessed firsthand the numerous…
I’ve started prescribing shinrin-yoku to my patients — and no, it’s not a supplement
I have a nine-year-old patient who has panic attacks, several phobias and generalised anxiety disorder. Jayne (not her real name) has improved with the help…
Strategies for tackling perfectionism
Need to know: Perfectionism is a common term, but what does it mean in relation to mental health? In this setting, the term refers to…
Schizophrenia: A stepwise approach to co-ordination of care
Sophie is on clozapine in a typical shared care prescribing arrangement. Read her case report and take the quick quiz.
