Death certificates can come back to haunt you: a real-world case
Put your hand up if you got the memo that the date of dementia diagnosis was a good idea to include on a death certificate.…
Tag: Psychiatry
‘Bloody hard work’: Meet the doctor behind Australia’s first public ketamine clinic
There is no denying that ketamine has captured psychiatry’s attention. Once confined to the dusty shelves of the 1970s, research into the anaesthetic and illicit…
ADHD an ‘inherent risk factor’ for cocaine and other stimulant abuse, says psychiatrist
Patients with undiagnosed ADHD are turning to cocaine and other illicit substances to self-manage their symptoms, a psychiatrist has warned. Dr Ashlea White, who is…
Psychiatrist calls for govt funding for trainees in private practice to bolster workforce
Should government funding be opened up for psychiatry trainees to work in private practice? Currently, about 50% of psychiatry fellows end up in private practice…
Postnatal depression and the struggle to avert its worst tragedies
When a young mother, known only as ‘Ms S’, reported suicidal ideation, anxiety and insomnia to her GP, she was referred to ED for urgent…
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…
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…
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…
