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Flight of Ideas – Death of a Definition March 12, 2015

The term “flight of ideas” is commonly known, but do you know what it actually means? Or where it comes ...
Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia April 14, 2015

(The following includes content originally published in mindcafe)

The role of neuroimaging in schizophrenia detection and management is an exciting ...
The Carer Appraisal Scale – a new way to communicate. July 18, 2017

One of the commonest complaints of mental health services is a perceived failure of communication between caregivers and clinicians regarding those ...
Glutamate and Dopamine – why it matters in Schizophrenia March 2, 2017

Published in MindCafe February 2017

Dopaminergic theories of schizophrenia predominate most psychopharmacological teaching regarding relevant receptor contributions to mental illness. We ...
Mental Health Resources October 10, 2015
The Internet is rife with well-intentioned mental health advice, supposed resources, and many, many pitfalls. Much of the difficulty is the reality of psychiatry, in that the lack ...

The Boring Patient August 5, 2015

The Boring Patient

Some articles provide their benefit by means of tangible changes to patient care. A few others yield an improvement in quality of life for the clinician ...
Mental Health Resources October 10, 2015
The Internet is rife with well-intentioned mental health advice, supposed resources, and many, many pitfalls. Much of the difficulty is the reality of psychiatry, in that the lack of objective evidence regarding psychiatric illness (save treatment responses and, ...
Psychotherapy and the Older Person – A Review February 28, 2017

In the latest Australasian Psychiatry journal, I provide an update regarding the current state of evidence for psychotherapeutic interventions for the elderly.

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Videogames – friend or foe? January 12, 2016

Psychiatry has had an unusual relationship with videogames – and despite several hundred studies on the topic, it is still not clear how and to what extent they influence the ...
The Role of the Father September 3, 2016

A famous study on parenting styles had two groups of psychiatrists being shown the same video clip. In the clip, a man is seen seated reading a newspaper, whilst his child is ...

Black Clouds After the Fires February 24, 2015

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following natural disasters – There has been a remarkable shift in how we respond to it, that has more than a little to do with common sense.

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Grey Expectations June 5, 2017

My interview regarding the plight of the elderly in Australia.
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- What the Germanwings crash says about mental health. March 30, 2015
  I was flying back home whilst reading about the loss of Germanwings flight 4U 9525. The plane I took had on board about as many people who were lost. Speculation regarding terrorist implications had by then rapidly given ...
- Analysing Trump: Pitfalls and Professionalism February 21, 2017
  
  No political figure has ever mobilised, and frustrated, the mental health profession as much as President Trump.
  
  Prior to Mr Trump’s inauguration, 3 professors of psychiatry called for a ‘neuropsychiatric evaluation’. Shortly ...
- The Challenge of Ageing September 4, 2015
  
  On the 21^st of July 2015 at a Swiss euthanasia clinic, Gill Pharaoh, a retired palliative care nurse, ended her life. She had been ...

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