Routine screening for thyroid disease and proteinuria in pregnant women during each antenatal visit is no longer recommended, according to the latest edition of the…
The TGA is urging doctors to “limit” prescribing of the ADHD medication Vyvanse to new patients until at least October amid rolling shortages. The 20mg…
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…
One in six patients who stop taking antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms, according to German psychiatrists who say the incidence rate is lower than previous estimates.…
A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has voted against recommending the psychedelic MDMA for the treatment of PTSD. In a 10-1 vote, the…
“There have been patients with psychotic symptoms where I thought they were in danger, maybe they had the urge to jump in front of a…
More than 200 doctors and other practitioners are owed a collective $7.2 million after a company that contracted them to write expert medical reports went…
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…
Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists face a greater risk for later being dispensed antidepressants, an Australian study shows. Researchers from the University of Notre Dame…
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…
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