Lancet authors defend warnings over ‘menopause medicalisation’
Any claim that menopause was being over-medicalised and overtreated with MHT was always going to provoke discussion. Last week, Professor Martha Hickey was in the…
Tag: Psychiatry / Psychology
Doctors reject ‘patronising’ claims menopause is overtreated with MHT
Claims that menopause has been over medicalised and potentially overtreated with MHT have been rejected as “patronising” and harmful to women by leading Australian women’s…
Psychiatrist describes prescribing MDMA to first Australian patient
A Sydney psychiatrist has written Australia’s first MDMA prescription for a patient with PTSD, almost seven months after the TGA’s landmark decision to downschedule MDMA…
From Bollywood dreams to bipolar reality: a doctor’s journey
Since my teenage years, I’ve watched Bollywood movies of all sorts. My favourite hero was Sushant Singh Rajput. I liked him for his personality, his…
‘I can’t help guide them’: GP says patients turning to fish oil and turmeric for ADHD
Patients with ADHD are increasingly turning to complementary medicines for pharmacotherapy, a GP is warning. Perth GP Dr Andrew Leech says a combination of social…
Doctors say a brain injury brought on OCD: case report
Doctors believe a traumatic brain injury gave rise to obsessive–compulsive disorder in a young man who began hoarding deodorant and completing tasks in a “ritualistic…
TGA ‘closely monitoring’ suicide and depression risk with asthma drug
The TGA is “closely monitoring” reports of suicide, sleep disturbances and other potential adverse neuropsychiatric events in children prescribed the asthma medication montelukast. Although prescribers…
GP sanctioned for breaking ADHD prescribing rules says he did nothing wrong
A GP-turned-politician sanctioned by AHPRA over his decision to break prescribing rules and initiate treatment for a patient he diagnosed with ADHD has defended his…
Years-long exposure to ADHD medication increases CVD risk: study
Long-term exposure to ADHD medications is associated with an increased risk of CVD, particularly hypertension and arterial disease, Swedish researchers report. Their registry-based study found…
Fluoxetine shortage: TGA advises switching from dispersible tablets to capsules
The TGA has urged doctors to switch patients using fluoxetine 20mg dispersible tablets to 20mg capsules instead amid a shortage triggered by manufacturing issues. Drug…
