Researchers have identified six distinct biological types of depression using brain scans, and say their findings could improve treatments. The authors analysed functional MRI to…
There is a paragraph in what follows where Professor Steve Robson, the AMA president, writes: “As someone who has experienced the most profound feelings of…
The TGA has slapped new safety warnings on all SSRIs and SNRIs about the risk of persistent sexual dysfunction after treatment cessation. It advised doctors…
Middle-aged women with eating disorders could slip into menopause without realising it, drastically increasing their fracture risk, a leading endocrinologist warns. Eating disorders such as…
The Northern Rivers region in NSW has faced disaster not once but twice in the past decade. Floods and landslides in 2017 and 2022 devastated…
Psychotropic medications should only be prescribed as a “last resort” for behaviours of concern in patients with intellectual disability, according to a new clinical care…
Nearly half of all suicide attempts can be directly attributed to child abuse and neglect, researchers report in an Australian-first study. The University of Sydney–led…
Patients with undiagnosed ADHD are turning to cocaine and other illicit substances to self-manage their symptoms, a psychiatrist has warned. Dr Ashlea White, who is…
When a young mother, known only as ‘Ms S’, reported suicidal ideation, anxiety and insomnia to her GP, she was referred to ED for urgent…
Adults have overtaken children aged 6-12 as the biggest patient cohort treated with ADHD medications, PBS data show. Nearly 210,000 patients aged over 18 were…
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