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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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 ...
Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response June 30, 2017

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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...

Post Festive Period is Unrecognised Mental Health Dark Spot January 19, 2015

Sydney Morning Herald Opinion Piece – did you know that Christmas isn’t statistically the worst time of year for mental health? The weeks after, however, are another matter.

Post Festive Period ...
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, ...
Internship: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly August 16, 2015

A little bit of advice to those newly starting their medical careers…

(Published in the Australian Medical Association Newsletter May 2015.)

I had no real interest in medicine when I ...
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 Santa Clause in Mental Health December 18, 2015

What does mental health literature have to say about talking to kids about Santa Claus?

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/lying-to-the-kids-about-santa-claus-a-psychiatrists-view-20151217-glpn0z.html
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