Clinical guidelines & publications library

Autism: Addressing the mental health needs of Autistic people

Addressing health inequity, Autism, Professionalism

This position statement addresses the significant challenges and unmet mental health needs of Autistic people.

Intellectual disabilities: Addressing the mental health needs of people with ID

Addressing health inequity, Ethics, Intellectual disability, Professionalism

This position statement addresses the significant challenges and unmet mental health needs for people with intellectual disability.

Australian Federal Pre-budget Submission 2023-2024

PDF Submission

NZ Prescribing and dispensing of Class B controlled drugs

Proposal to amend Pharmaceutical Schedule Rules on prescribing and dispensing of Class B controlled drugs, RANZCP NZ letter to Pharmac - Te Pātaka Whaioranga PDF Submission

Assessment and management of behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)

Addressing health inequity, Dementia, Ethics, Professionalism

A handbook produced by NSW Health. URL Clinical guideline

Proposed amendment to the controlled substances legislation: prescribing medicinal cannabis

Cannabis

RANZCP South Australia Branch submission to the Clinical Regulation SA Branch for the proposed amendment to the controlled Substances legislation: State-based authority requirements for prescribing Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis. PDF Submission

Draft guideline: Queensland Opioid Dependence Treatment

Opioids

RANZCP QLD submission to Office of the Chief Psychiatrist, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch PDF Submission

2022-23 Pre-Budget Submission to the NSW Government

Our submission highlights priority issues to improve the delivery of mental health services to thousands of people with mental health issues living in NSW. PDF Submission

Treating hepatitis C

Addressing health inequity, Culturally safe practice, Ethics, Hepatitis C, Professionalism

Guidance for psychiatrists to facilitate care for people living with mental illness who are living with, or at risk of contracting hepatitis C. PDF Clinical guideline

Relationships between old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine

Collaborative care, Ethics, Old age, Professionalism

Old age psychiatry and geriatric medical services need to work closely together to ensure the best treatment and care of older people.

2022 Victorian State Election Priorities

PDF Submission

Diagnostic manuals

Culturally safe practice, Diagnostic manuals, Ethics, Professionalism

Diagnostic manuals allow clinicians, teachers and researchers to ensure consistency in diagnosis. However, the complexity of patients’ presentations often do not fit neatly into diagnostic categories.

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

Military and veterans

RANZCP submission to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

rTMS therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19, Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Professionalism

PDF Clinical guideline

ECT treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Professionalism

Considerations and precautions for the delivery of ECT during the pandemic. PDF Clinical guideline

Pacific Mental Health in Aotearoa New Zealand

Culturally safe practice, Ethics, Families, whānau & carers, Professionalism

The position statement identifies RANZCP’s commitment to improving Pacific mental health and providing effective health care that meets the specific cultural needs of Pacific populations.

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Ethics, Professionalism

This memorandum is for psychiatrists who are interested in using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment for psychiatric disorders. PDF Clinical guideline

Use of ketamine in psychiatric practice

Ethics, Ketamine, Professionalism

Information for psychiatrists about the potential utility of ketamine in psychiatric practice. PDF Clinical guideline

Deep brain stimulation

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Ethics, Professionalism

A clinical memorandum to inform psychiatrists who are interested in using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as a treatment for psychiatric disorders. PDF Clinical guideline

Smoking cessation

Physical health, Professionalism, Smoking cessation

This guidance is for the management of smoking cessation for people with mental illness, living in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. URL Clinical guideline