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Closing the Gap suicide data highlights urgent need for investment in First Nations mental healthThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is warning the latest Closing the Gap ...
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Mental health crisis demands urgent action as voters highlight access gapAustralians are sending a clear message ahead of the Federal Budget: access to mental health care is...
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Budget action needed to tackle Australia’s mental health crisisPsychiatrists on the front lines of Australia’s mental health system have called for smart, targeted...
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RANZCP welcomes DVA's stronger safeguards on medicinal cannabis prescribing for veteransPsychiatrists have welcomed the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ updated Medicinal Cannabis Framewor...
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SA psychiatrists call on next government to establish landmark neurodiversity Centre of ExcellenceThe RANZCP SA Branch welcomes the growing cross-college support for establishing a South Australian ...
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"Criminalising homelessness and disadvantage" new move-on orders will harm vulnerable New ZealandersPsychiatrists in Aotearoa New Zealand have raised serious concerns about new move-on orders which gr...
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Health organisations united: Punishment is not the answer to mental health crisesThe Mental Health Foundation, Public Health Association of New Zealand, Platform Trust, and the Roya...
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NSW Government's Cumberland intervention a step in the right direction, psychiatrists sayThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) NSW Branch has welcomed the N...
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NSW psychiatrists respond to the Merrylands tragedyThe RANZCP NSW Branch extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the man killed...
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RANZCP secures major PBS listing for bipolar disorder treatmentPeople living with bipolar disorder can soon access life-changing medication at a fraction of the co...
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Doctors in South Australia issue three-point plan to parties ahead of electionSouth Australian doctors say South Australia needs an overarching health strategy to ensure every pe...
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Shared models of care key as GPs take on ADHD diagnosis, say NSW psychiatristsNSW psychiatrists have called for robust training for GPs to diagnose and treat attention deficit hy...
