A GP guide to follow-up care for children after preterm birth
Preterm birth, that is birth prior to 37 completed weeks’ gestation, is associated with more challenges to health, growth and child development compared with birth…
Tag: Psychiatry / Psychology
Human rights versus risk aversion: Why involuntary treatment is increasing in this state
Almost a decade ago, new mental health legislation in Queensland aimed to minimise involuntary treatment of people with disabilities and severe mental illness. The Mental…
A rapid deterioration follows DKA discharge
Nikki, a slightly built 30-year-old woman with a 10-year history of type 1 diabetes, is brought to ED by ambulance with an altered level of…
‘Doctors are protected’: Police try to reassure GPs over gun owner medical checks
Police in WA say doctors signing off a patient as fit to hold a gun licence will not be responsible if they subsequently misuse their…
GP says he was told ‘nothing’ about Westfield killer’s possible psychotic symptoms
A GP says he had no information about potential signs of a psychotic relapse in his patient who ended up killing half a dozen people…
Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist denies clinical failings but backflips on ‘hatred towards women’ claim
A psychiatrist has denied any clinical failings when weaning Joel Cauchi off antipsychotics years before he fatally stabbed six strangers, but she has retracted her…
DVA’s first chief psychiatrist on Afghanistan, PTSD and the struggle of doctors to manage their own trauma
“Every doctor reading this will have experienced traumas in their working life. “As a profession, we do not deal with that well. “It was part…
When writing scripts pays more than saving lives, something is badly broken
The humble GP is often seen as the first port of call and rarely as the last hope. But this could not be further from…
RACGP endorses drug-specific tapering plans for 15 antidepressants
A set of drug-specific antidepressant deprescribing guidelines targeting a “poorly understood” area of clinical practice has received RACGP endorsement. Developed by University of Queensland researchers,…
Antidepressant scripts for kids: ‘We don’t have enough resources and services are scarce’
Social media and the cost of living are adding to the childhood mental health burden and the resultant rise in antidepressant prescribing, a child psychiatrist…
