Psychiatry | Australian Doctor Group

CV risk calculators failing people with mental illness: study

20th September 2019

Cardiovascular disease risk assessment tools that do not include severe mental illness as a predictor can significantly…

20th September 2019

Family dysfunction is an important factor associated with increased likelihood that an adolescent will attempt suicide…

12th September 2019

Last week, Dr Chris Cotton wrote about being sectioned after making a failed suicide attempt while experiencing psychotic…

5th September 2019

Telepsychiatry has long held the promise of reaching communities in Australia which have historically struggled to access…

17th September 2019

A new master’s degree from the University of Sydney seeks to disrupt the continuing education market by providing GPs with…

27th August 2019

Indonesian doctors have reportedly refused to carry out the country’s first court-ordered chemical castration on a convicted…

8th August 2019

Psychiatry researchers frequently put a positive spin on non-significant findings from trials of drugs or other…

7th August 2019

One of Australia’s leading psychiatrists has defended the Federal Government's use of PBS data to track down patients with…