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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 ...
Carbamazepine for Dementia – the forgotten, and superior, alternative to antipsychotics July 1, 2015

Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) is a catch-all phrase referring to one of many behaviours that patients with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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 ...
“Is it better to not exist?” May 12, 2016

A new update in the Journal of Applied Psychology provides a rebuttal against the soundness of a theory that supports abortion. In doing so, it provides an interesting ...
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 ...
Psychotherapy at the APA April 14, 2015

(This article is a review of psychotherapy-related workshops and lectures at the American Psychiatric Association’s May 2014 conference. It involves content originally published at mindcafe)

The APA has a reputation ...
Euthanasia – the problem of capacity November 28, 2015

I once had a 70 year old patient with recurrent serious depressive episodes leading to suicide attempts. She was a “professional suicider”, in that she subscribed to an ...

Asylum seekers and mental health – a resolvable social problem April 14, 2015

It is difficult to maintain a consistent attitude, as a nation, to the issue of asylum-seekers. The extremes of “White Australia” are long gone since its final dissolution in ...
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 ...
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.

Black ...
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, ...
The Psychiatrist as Priest March 12, 2015

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists recently ran their annual elections for college president. Perusing the biographies of the nominees, one stood out in that they stated they ...

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