Sorry, but I don’t want to become the ‘GP who prescribes ADHD medication’
Twenty years ago, my son challenged me during dinner one night. A 20-year-old biology major, he and his tutorial group had been studying attention deficit…
Tag: Psychiatry / Psychology
Patient loses court battle over ‘right’ to record psychiatrist consult
A patient who argued in court that a psychiatrist had to let him record a consultation has been rebuffed after an appeal with a Supreme…
I survived three suicide attempts: my journey through burnout, mental illness and triumph
I am a doctor, a urologist, and a survivor of multiple suicide attempts. This is my personal story — a story of burnout, mental illness…
Doctors offering psychedelic therapy should have prior experience and training, says psychiatry college
Psychiatrists planning to design psychedelic-assisted therapies when TGA rules change this week should have prior experience treating patients with MDMA or psylocibin, the college of…
‘How can anybody afford this?’: Your stories of the patients battling for an ADHD diagnosis
For weeks AusDoc has been collecting GPs’ stories of battling to secure ADHD diagnosis for their patients. It began with GP Dr Andrew Leech speaking…
Psychological monitoring should be routine post-ICD, cardiologists say
Patients who have received implantable cardioverter defibrillators regardless of indication should be closely monitored for mood disorders, results from a large meta-analysis suggest. Australian cardiologists…
‘Well placed’ is the new phrase for ‘GPs should’ — and we need to stop using it
‘Should’ is one of the words I’d like to delete from the English language. ‘Should’ is a verb, the definition of which is “used to…
‘$600 for a 10-minute diagnosis’: GP says patients are fighting for ADHD care
Patients with ADHD are paying hundreds of dollars for a psychiatrist diagnosis while others are missing out on timely access to stimulants because of GP…
It’s not OCD, but I know every bum wipe comes at a cost
OCD is no laughing matter. I once had a patient who had to get dressed to the count of 30. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
Rising physical restraint use at children’s hospital ‘justified’, Health Minister says
A spike in “very complex” presentations justifies a fivefold increase in physical restraint use at a major children’s hospital, says the NSW Minister for Health.…
