“Emotion overrode data” on prolonged grief in DSM 16 May 2013 0 A leading Australian psychiatrist is shedding tears over the rejection of "prolonged grief disorder" as a formal mental illness in the new DSM-5.
Uncapped cover for autism under NDIS 15 May 2013 0 “Most” people with autism are set to receive uncapped cover for early intervention under the NDIS, the government has revealed.
Mental Health Budget at a Glance: 2013-2014 15 May 2013 0 It's budget time: How did mental health funding stack up?
“Numbing” side effects may be linked to antipsychotic effectiveness 15 May 2013 0 The “numbing”, “clouding” and “dampening” side effects that patients on antipsychotics would like to avoid may in fact explain why the drugs are effective, suggest the authors of a “disquieting” new…
Mentally ill prisoner treated inhumanely: ombudsman 15 May 2013 0 A woman who was handcuffed to a prion bed in Adelaide for around 22 hours a day for eight months was not treated humanely, the South Australian Ombudsman says.
Sexual assault on VIC psychiatric wards 14 May 2013 0 Sexual abuse in Victoria’s public psychiatric wards has been allowed to fester according to a new report that found over two thirds of female in-patients have been sexually assaulted or harassed.