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     <title><![CDATA[States' mismanagement causes mental health inequalities]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Experts have lashed out at the Australian federal government, claiming the national mental health system is "a shambles" with states mismanaging funds causing inequities in mental health care.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:52:05 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Are drugs less effective in psychiatry than in general medicine?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Controversial claims that psychiatric medications have very small effect sizes and so may be “not worth the bother” have been brought into perspective by a review of meta-analyses comparing psychiatric drugs with general medicine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:48:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Suicides plummet under interventions]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Suicide rates among mental health patients drop considerably when prevention strategies are implemented but stay steady when they are not, a UK study said to be of “tremendous significance” to Australia shows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:46:14 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Psychosis raises risk of epilepsy]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Clinicians need to be aware that patients with severe psychiatric conditions are at an increased risk epilepsy – and vice versa – conclude the authors of the largest study of the bidirectional relationship.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:44:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Placebo adherence saves lives?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Trial participants who conscientiously take their placebos die less than those who have worse adherence to placebos – and the association resists being explained away by confounding.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[New beyondblue chief executive]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After stints as head of the AGPN and as chief minister of the ACT, Kate Carnell has been made CEO of beyonblue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/breaking-news--mixed-reaction-to-better-access-bac</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Breaking news: Mixed reaction to Better Access backtrack]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The government has backed down on its plans to cut the Better Access program, drawing a mixed reaction from mental health advocates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/doctor-charged-with-indecent-assault-of-patient</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Psychiatrist charged with indecent assault of patient]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Sydney psychiatrist has been charged with indecently assaulting his 19 year old patient while she was an inpatient under his care.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:43:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[WA Mental Health Act beefs-up penalties for staff]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Harsher penalties, restrictions on ECT and changes to the criteria for involuntary treatment are among the proposed changes to the WA Mental Health Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Mental health roadmap: good rhetoric but too vague, say experts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The draft national mental health roadmap, has been widely criticised for being vague and lacking details.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[EPPIC debate reignites]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The stoush over early intervention in psychosis was reignited this month with a head-to-head appearing in the ANZJP.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:38:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Wikipedia better than a psychiatry text book]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wikipedia is a better source of information that a psychiatry textbook, a new study finds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:34:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/u-s-adhd-drug-shortage</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[U.S ADHD drug shortage]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A nationwide shortage of ADHD medications in the US drags on with some pharmaceutical companies warning stock will be tight till mid-2012.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[RANZCP changes: a 'tremendous coup' or same-same?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Radical changes proposed to the RANZCP governance structure have split critics lobbying for change.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:48:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/-the-weight-is-over-for-young-psychosis-patients</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[ The weight is over for young psychosis patients]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new Australian program may hail a reprieve for young people affected by the weight gain side-effect of psychosis medication.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:44:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Increasing placebo response destroys evidence of benefit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A major 30-year meta-analysis concludes the difference in efficacy between tricyclic antidepressants and newer drugs are largely a result of changes in trial designs, leading to greater placebo response and lower drug response.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:38:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Blog: Only time will tell if antidepressants will disappear from psychiatry]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The new meta-analysis of antidepressant trials adds to a decade of increased scepticism about the effectiveness of these blockbuster drugs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:26:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/-bipolar-masked-as-medication-resistant-depression</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[ Bipolar masked as medication resistant depression]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Patients who present with medication-resistant depression could be harbouring a hidden bipolar disorder, the largest study on the topic has found.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:21:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/season-s-greetings-</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Season’s greetings!]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As this is our last edition for 2011 we’d like to thank you for your ongoing support. We’ll be back in the New Year but in the meantime, we’d appreciate any comments, suggestions or feedback you may have to make your publication even better,

Have a happy and relaxing holiday. 
]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.psychiatryupdate.com.au/news/birth-of-bipolar-disorder-</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Birth of bipolar disorder?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mental illness presenting immediately after childbirth can be a harbinger of bipolar disorder later in life, research suggests.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
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