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    Tag: Psychiatry

    Psychiatrists threaten mass resignation in fight with hospital bosses over low pay

    October 22, 2024

    Hospital psychiatrists in NSW are threatening mass resignation unless their salaries are lifted to address a pay gap they say is behind “disastrous” staffing shortages.…

    ADHD has become ‘it girl’ of mental health, the cool kid of diagnoses, the disorder everyone seems to want

    October 21, 2024

    “Everyone’s got ADHD these days.” ADHD is a diagnosis that is indisputably on the rise. It’s the ‘It Girl’ of the mental health world right…

    Bright light therapy improves outcomes in non-seasonal depression: review

    October 3, 2024

    Bright light therapy may be an effective adjunctive treatment even for those with non-seasonal depressive disorders, according to a review of 11 studies. So far,…

    Professor David Coghill.

    Watch for anxiety and hypertension after starting ADHD medication: Aussie guidance

    October 2, 2024

    Patients starting stimulants may become anxious due to sudden awareness of their behvaiours, which can be mistaken for pharmacologically-induced anxiety, new Australian ADHD guidance says.…

    ‘I was ashamed and thought people would think less of me’: GP on his ADHD diagnosis

    August 22, 2024

    GP Dr Chris Soo was first diagnosed with ADHD at 17, yet spent years making his peace with it. “I was diagnosed on the same…

    WHO database ‘shows safety signal’ for semaglutide and suicidal ideation: study

    August 21, 2024

    Researchers have called for an urgent assessment of a possible link between semaglutide and suicidality based on a study of a WHO adverse event database.…

    Too many doctors ‘charging excessively’ for ADHD diagnoses, says Professor Patrick McGorry

    July 31, 2024

    Professor Patrick McGorry says ADHD and autism are overdiagnosed in patients who can afford $3000 fees and underdiagnosed in patients who are being priced out…

    Scientists pinpoint psilocybin’s mind-altering effects using MRI

    July 23, 2024

    ‘Magic mushrooms’ achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Brain…

    Why doctors should be more open with patients about antidepressants and weight gain

    July 4, 2024

    When Dr Manfred Penzhorn prescribes antidepressants, he tells patients they are “almost certainly” about to put on weight. “Very few psychiatric medications don’t cause some…

    Associate Professor Vicki Kotsirilos

    ‘No hope for the future’: Eco anxiety is fuelling the youth mental health crisis

    July 1, 2024

    I have heard some interesting comments from teenagers about climate change: “I don’t want to have children; we will contribute to the huge population growth…

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