The challenge of ageing – a story of an 85 year old man who put himself up for adoption, six months before he died.
Videogames and Mental Health
(This post includes material published in MindCafe.) Videogames and mental health. In psychiatry there are certain cultures that may pass us by, that nevertheless are of significant impact to our profession, and vice versa. One of these is
Eternity and Mental Health
How does mental health feel about the secularisation of Christmas? http://www.smh.com.au/comment/where-is-eternity-on-the-streets-of-sydney-20171205-gzyunj.html
Psychosis and Video Games
What can videogames teach us about psychosis? Why don’t people with schizophrenia take their medications? And how can psychosis possibly be regarded as beneficial?
The Carer Appraisal Scale – a new way to communicate.
One of the commonest complaints of mental health services is a perceived failure of communication between caregivers and clinicians regarding those with mental health issues. With this in mind, a few of us put together a form that could
Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response
I work in an old age mental health service. We have a patient, a 77 year old woman, who used to live in her family’s backyard in a tent. She would sleep each night in the cold, regardless of
Euthanasia is not suicide.
In 2014, Michelle Carter sent numerous text messages urging her boyfriend, then 18, to kill himself. Last week, a Massachusetts court convicted her of involuntary manslaughter. This week, the director of Exit International, Philip Nitschke, determined that this posed all
Grey Expectations
My interview regarding the plight of the elderly in Australia.
Mentorship – The Meaning of Life For the Elderly
I look after the mental health of older adults in the community. Despite common opinion, older adults are usually not more depressed – whilst physical deterioration commonly occurs, one is statistically more likely to enjoy better mental health as one
Glutamate and Dopamine – why it matters in Schizophrenia
Published in MindCafe February 2017 Dopaminergic theories of schizophrenia predominate most psychopharmacological teaching regarding relevant receptor contributions to mental illness. We discuss dopamine-mediated flow through prefrontal and limbic regions, with a certainty borne from decades of successful drug development