11/03/2010 | Melbourne psychiatrists have confirmed that a history of trauma is common in people deemed to be at 'ultra-high risk' of psychosis.
03/03/2010 | Seniors are being encouraged to give video games a go after a study found some games improved mood and quality of life in older adults with subsyndromal depression.
24/02/2010 | The atypical antipsychotic quetiapine has anti-inflammatory effects that may make it a useful treatment option for arthritis patients with depression, Australian psychiatrists report.
18/02/2010 | The Kessler 10 questionnaire can effectively predict psychological symptoms in women following miscarriage, an Australian study finds.
12/02/2010 | The American Psychiatric Association is seeking public comment on diagnostic criteria for mental illness as the long gestation of DSM-5 edges towards its delivery in 2013.
11/02/2010 | Switching to a new antidepressant has no benefits over continuing with existing therapy in patients with treatment-resistant depression, a systematic review has concluded. 1 comment
11/02/2010 | Patients who report tastes as shapes or music as colour are not mentally ill, a US expert says, but part of the minority of the population with synaesthesia.
04/02/2010 | The low-key psychological intervention of 'befriending' can modestly reduce emotional distress and depressive symptoms, a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials has concluded.
25/01/2010 | Evidence supports the efficacy of testosterone therapy for postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) but clinicians still have questions about whether the disorder warrants treatment and how therapy should be delivered, according to Melbourne endocrinologist Susan Davis.
14/01/2010 | Australian researchers have found no evidence that serotonin reuptake inhibitors increase the risk of suicide, but stress that physicians still need to use their clinical judgement when prescribing them.