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27 June 2025

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Psychiatrists back Productivity Commission’s call to fix the mental health plan and system
06 November 2025
Record mental health ED wait times a symptom of system-wide failure

The AMA’s latest report confirms what frontline psychiatrists have known for years: Australia’s ment...

31 October 2025
Health and legal experts unite for NT’s youth incarceration crisis

Leading mental health and medical experts gathered with lawyers, Aboriginal -controlled, and communi...

29 October 2025
SA psychiatrists back GP-led ADHD diagnosis, stress the importance of access to specialist care

South Australian psychiatrists say enabling GPs to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...

23 October 2025
Psychiatrists welcome WA’s carded play move, urge national action on gambling harm

Psychiatrists have welcomed the Western Australian Government’s introduction of mandatory carded pla...

17 October 2025
Psychiatrists warn cohealth closures will leave Victoria’s vulnerable worse-off

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is deeply concerned about the...

10 October 2025
World Mental Health Day: Retain workers to top up the mental health system

On World Mental Health Day, Tū Te Akaaka Roa, the New Zealand National Committee of the Royal Austra...

23 September 2025
Queensland psychiatrists call for reinstatement of life-saving pill testing services

The RANZCP Queensland Branch has expressed ongoing concern about recent legislative changes banning ...

04 September 2025
RANZCP welcomes new defence mental health strategy, calls for ongoing veteran psychiatry training

A year on since the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide delivered its final report, ps...

19 August 2025
Trauma-Informed Care Essential to South Australia’s Approach to Domestic Violence

South Australia's psychiatrists are calling for trauma-informed practices to be embedded across all ...

06 August 2025
Psychiatrists welcome training boost in Aotearoa New Zealand

Psychiatrists say the New Zealand Government has taken positive steps toward growing the availabilit...