News & analysis

27 June 2025

Psychiatrists back Productivity Commission’s call to fix the mental health plan and system

10 July 2025

Tighter restrictions required in medicinal cannabis crackdown

Psychiatrists have welcomed new guidance and a tougher approach to medicinal cannabis prescribing pr...

03 July 2025

Tasmanians need an ongoing commitment to comprehensive mental healthcare

In the lead-up to the Tasmanian election on 19 July, the RANZCP Tasmania Branch calls on all parties...

03 July 2025

Health system must support older New Zealanders needing mental health care

Psychiatrists say reports of aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards highli...

25 June 2025

No investment to grow the mental health workforce in today’s Queensland Budget

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Queensland Branch says the St...

24 June 2025

NSW Budget fails to deliver for patients seeking mental health care

Fifty-eight thousand people with severe and complex mental illness across New South Wales will conti...

20 June 2025

ADHD reform welcome but more training and support for doctors needed, SA psychiatrists say

The RANZCP SA Branch has welcomed the SA Government's recognition that more needs to be done to supp...

19 June 2025

Government data confirms severe psychiatry workforce shortages

Dire shortages in psychiatry are leaving people without vital specialist mental health care, as new ...

19 June 2025

WA’s mental health needs growing faster than its workforce, warn psychiatrists

Psychiatrists say today’s budget doesn’t do enough for West Australians missing out on mental health...

18 June 2025

Suicide plan must target those most at risk, psychiatrists urge

Psychiatrists have welcomed the Government's commitment to a comprehensive Suicide Prevention Action...

18 June 2025

RANZCP response to the Grattan Institute Report

Psychiatrists support Grattan Institute recommendations but say chronic underfunding of the mental h...