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    Tag: Psychiatry

    Antidepressant scripts for kids: ‘We don’t have enough resources and services are scarce’

    April 24, 2025

    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…

    Why isn’t this relatively cheap treatment for major depression more widely available?

    April 16, 2025

    Recently, I spoke with AusDoc about my journey from psychiatry inpatient to medical student — via some electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). This period was an important…

    Arbitration hearing for psychiatrists pushed back to June

    April 14, 2025

    Psychiatrists will wait another two months at least to see an end to their pay and conditions dispute with the NSW Government. Arbitration between the psychiatrists and…

    Man busted for working as a doctor despite no medical training to head Trump’s review of debunked vaccine-autism link

    April 5, 2025

    A vaccine skeptic who was sanctioned after practising medicine despite having no medical qualifications is expected to lead the US review into possible links between…

    Hearing in NSW psychiatrist dispute delayed over economic impact evidence

    March 24, 2025

    A hearing into the dispute between psychiatrists and the NSW Government has been adjourned to April after a disagreement over evidence submissions on economic modelling.…

    Psychiatrists and the NSW Govt meet in court — can this finally end their battle?

    March 17, 2025

    Doctors and the NSW Government will stand before the state’s Industrial Relations Commission this week in an attempt to solve their drawn-out dispute over public…

    Dr Charlie Teo reaches legal settlement with family of glioblastoma patient who allegedly underwent futile brain surgery

    March 14, 2025

    Dr Charlie Teo has settled with a family who attempted to sue him for more than $1.5 million over the death of their mother, who…

    Could faecal transplants be the next big thing in treating mood disorders? Professor Gordon Parker thinks so

    March 11, 2025

    Professor Gordon Parker believes medicine is on the brink of a breakthrough in treating bipolar disorder and other mood disorders using faecal microbiota transplants. One…

    TGA warns of severe CNS and psychiatric events linked to antibiotic

    March 10, 2025

    The TGA is putting stricter warnings on fluoroquinolones over rare but “potentially irreversible” reactions, including toxic psychosis, seizures and tendon ruptures. All oral and injectable…

    The truth about violent mental health patients that no-one wants to hear

    March 1, 2025

    Of late we have been reading more and more about violent crime linked to alleged failings of the mental health system, but little about the…

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