$4700-a-month treatment to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets TGA tick
The TGA has registered a $4700-a-month Alzheimer’s treatment to slow disease progression in patients with confirmed amyloid plaque in the brain and specific genetic profiles.…
Tag: Psychiatry
Letting babysitters administer liquid risperidone a recipe for overdose errors, TGA warns
A series of accidental liquid risperidone overdoses in children last year often involved babysitters or extended family members administering the antipsychotic, the TGA has warned.…
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…
Psychiatrist who treated Joel Cauchi four years before Westfield killings gives tearful apology
A psychiatrist who stopped Joel Cauchi’s medication four years before he killed six shoppers has made a tearful apology to the victims and their families.…
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…
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…
Why isn’t this relatively cheap treatment for major depression more widely available?
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
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
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…
