As a psychiatrist, the injustice of turning away desperate patients weighs heavily on me
If the mental health system in NSW was buckling before, it is broken now. As a psychiatrist, the injustice of sending people away from our…
Tag: Psychiatry
Childhood maltreatment linked with tripled risk of self-harm in young adulthood: Aussie study
Under-15s who come to the attention of child protection agencies for maltreatment have a threefold higher risk of self-harm or suicidal ideation when aged 25-39,…
Nearly half of ADHD medication scripts are now for adults
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…
Concomitant SSRIs and oral anticoagulants up major bleed risk: study
Concomitant use of SSRIs and oral anticoagulants increases the risk of major bleeding by a third in older adults with AF compared with use of…
Treating anxiety and depression cuts mortality risk in patients with heart disease: study
Treating anxiety and depression in adults with coronary artery disease or heart failure can reduce ED visits, rehospitalisations and death from any cause, according to…
Psychiatry waitlist blow-outs driving desperate patients to ED ‘time and again’
“I can think of a case as recently as this week where an individual with bipolar was developing an acute manic relapse and tried to…
‘The most hellish period of my life’: A doctor’s battle coming off antidepressants
When Dr Mark Horowitz first decided it was time to stop taking antidepressants, he faced conflicting advice about what to expect. ‘Mild and brief’ was…
Doctor teaching psychedelic therapy in Australia sacked over sex with vulnerable patient
Charity Mind Medicine Australia has sacked one of its psychedelic therapy trainers after the UK psychiatrist was suspended over a sexual relationship with a former…
You think things are bad here? Why this doctor left Britain for Australia
Dr Jack Tagg’s “pretty terrible” last day in a British hospital dispelled any doubts about his decision to take up a post in Australia. On…
How six psychiatry registrars became trapped at a three-day dinner party
Psychiatry registrar Dr Sean Kempster and his friends thought their monthly dinner club was safe enough, two days after Cyclone Jasper tore through Queensland. The…
