Statements and Guidelines

Addiction

• Pathological/problem gambling (position statement 45, 2009)
• Alcohol policy: Using evidence for better outcomes (2005)
• Tobacco policy: Using evidence for better outcomes (2005)
• Illicit Drug policy: Using evidence for better outcomes (2005)
• Prescription opioid policy: Improving management of chronic non-malignant pain and prevention of problems associated with prescription opioid use (2009)

Anxiety disorders

• Panic disorder and agoraphobia (clinical practice guideline) Full | Summary

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• Adult ADHD (professional practice guidelines, 2012)
• ADHD in childhood and adolescence (position statement 55, 2009)

Carers, consumers and community

• Supporting carers in the mental health system (position statement 76, 2012)
• Mental health for the community (2012)
• Consumer and carer engagement (position statement 62, 2010)

Child, adolescent, infant and perinatal

• Children in immigration detention (position statement 52, 2011)
• Termination of pregnancy (discussion paper, 2011)
• Sexualisation of children in contemporary media (position statement 58, 2011)
• Addressing the needs of siblings of children with disability or chronic illness (position statement 69, 2011)
• Prevention and early intervention of mental illness in infants, children and adolescents (position statement 63, 2010)
• Role of psychiatrists in the prevention and early intervention of mental illness in infants, children and adolescents (position statement 64, 2010)
• Child sexual abuse (position statement 51, 2009)
• Children of parents with a mental illness (position statement 56, 2009)
• Mothers, babies and psychiatric inpatient treatment (position statement 57, 2009)
• Mental health care needs of children in out-of-home care (position statement 59, 2009)
• Psychotropic drug use in children and adolescents (practice guideline, 2009)
• Electronic media recording and storage in child psychiatric practice (clinical practice guideline, 2009)
• RANZCP perinatal mental health plan template (clinical practice guideline, 2005)
• Use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents (clinical practice guideline, 2005)
• Guidance on the use of SSRIs and SNRI in late pregnancy (clinical practice guideline, 2005)

Comorbid conditions

• HIV/AIDS (position statement 38, 2009)

Eating disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa (clinical practice guideline) Full | Summary

Ethics

• Members with a financial interest in a treatment or management facility (ethical guideline 2, 2011)
• Zero Tolerance on Proven Sexual Boundary Violations (2013)
• Responsibility to report impairment of a medical practitioner (ethical guideline 6, 2011)
• Suicide reporting in the media (position statement 70, 2011)
• Sexual reorientation therapies (position statement 60, 2010)
• RANZCP code of ethics (2010)
• Fellowship Attainment Committee Ethical Guidelines (ethical guideline 10, 2009)
• Physician assisted suicide (position statement 67, 2011)
• Relationship between psychiatrists and the health care industry (ethical guideline 5, 2008)
• RANZP code of conduct (2013)

 Health services and workforce

• Provision of mental health services to asylum seekers and refugees (position statement 46, 2012)
• The roles and relationships of psychiatrists and other service providers in mental health services (position statement 47b)
• Trainee safety in the workplace (position statement 48, 2009)
• Psychiatrists as team members (position statement 47, 2002)
• Policy on Mental Health Services (position statement 37, 1997)

Indigenous mental health (Australia)

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Workers (position statement 50, 2012)
• Recognition of Indigenous people in the Australian constitution (position statement 68, 2011)
• Stolen generations (position statement 42, 2011)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: Principles and guidelines (ethical guideline 11, 2009)

Maori mental health

• Guidance for involving families and whanau of mental health consumers/tangata whai ora in care, assessment and treatment processes (clinical practice guidelines) (2000)

Medico-legal issues

• Ethical principles on medico-legal reports (ethical guideline 1, 2005)
• Conducting independent medical examinations and preparing reports (practice guideline 9, 2003)
• Independent medical examination and report preparation (ethical guideline 9, 2003)
• Certification of opinion according to non-clinical criteria (practice guideline 8, 2002)
• Family court proceedings (practice guideline 3, 1990)

Mood disorders

• Bipolar Disorder (clinical practice guideline) Full | Summary
• Depression (clinical practice guideline) Full | Summary
• Guidance on the use of SSRIs and SNRI in late pregnancy (clinical practice guideline, 2005)
• Use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents (clinical practice guideline, 2005)

Old age

• Relationships between geriatric and aged care psychiatry services (position statement 31, 2012)
• Specialist old age psychiatry workforce and training (position statement 66, 2011)
• Prioritising investment to improve the mental health of older Australians (position statement 71, 2011)
• Antipsychotic medications as a treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (practice guideline 10, 2009)
• Psychiatry services for older people (position statement 22, 2009)

Practice support

• Psychiatry, online presence and social media (position statement 75, 2012)
• Electronic media recording and storage in child psychiatric practice (clinical practice guideline, 2009) 
• Electronic media recording and storage (clinical practice guideline, 2007)
• Referred patient assessment and management guidelines (clinical practice guideline, 2005)
• Outpatient psychiatric practice (quality assurance guideline 1, 1994)
• Medical benefits for psychiatric treatment and training (practice guideline 1, 1991)

Rural health

• Rural psychiatry (position statement 65, 2011)
• Telehealth: brief guide to address practice issues (2011)
• Telepsychiatry (position statement 44, 2009)

Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia (clinical practice guideline) Full | Summary

Self-harm

• Deliberate self-harm (clinical practice guideline) Full | Summary
• Self-harm (practice guidelines, 2012)

Therapeutics – non-pharmacological

• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) (clinical memorandum 18, 2008)
• Neurosurgery for mental disorders (position statement 29, 2009)
• Deep sleep therapy (position statement 34, 2012)
• Psychotherapy conducted by psychiatrists (position statement 54, 2004)
• Electroconvulsive therapy (position statement 74, 2004)
• Minimising the use of seclusion and restraint in people with mental illness (position statement 61, 2010)

Therapeutics – pharmacological

• Use of antidepressant medications in children and adolescents (clinical practice guideline, 2005)
• Guidance on the use of SSRIs and SNRI in late pregnancy (clinical practice guideline, 2005)
• Use of medication in dosages and indications outside normal clinical practice (practice guideline 4, 2008)
• Use of benzodiazepines in psychiatric practice (practice guideline 5, 2008)
• Use of dexamphetamine and methylphenidate in adults (practice guideline 6, 2009)
• Psychotropic drug use in children and adolescents (practice guideline 7, 2009)
• Antipsychotic medications as a treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (practice guideline 10, 2009)
• Tardive dyskinesia (clinical memorandum 10, 2007)
• St John's Wort (position statement 41, 2009)

Trauma

• Post disaster stress response: a management guide (2011)
• The role of psychiatrists in disaster and terrorism (position statement 35, 2011)
• Abolition of torture (position statement 32, 2011)
• Guidelines for psychiatrists dealing with repressed traumatic memories (clinical memorandum 17, 1998)