News & analysis
Latest news and analysis from the RANZCP.
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Calm, considered and person-centred decisions needed on puberty blockersAustralian and New Zealand governments must take a careful, clinically grounded approach to decision...
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RANZCP welcomes extension of proven psychiatry training program for veterans in budget updateThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcomed the Department o...
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Another day, another damning report: Emergency departments buckle under mental health crisisImagine waiting almost a full day in a chaotic emergency department while experiencing a mental heal...
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ADHD care: A critical issue requiring calm, clinically led reform, psychiatrists sayThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has called for calm, clinical...
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Psychiatrists release new position statement on ADHDThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), has today released a new Pos...
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Puberty blocker pause could harm vulnerable young people, psychiatrists sayPuberty blocker pause could harm vulnerable young people, psychiatrists say
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Record mental health ED wait times a symptom of system-wide failureThe AMA’s latest report confirms what frontline psychiatrists have known for years: Australia’s ment...
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Health and legal experts unite for NT’s youth incarceration crisisLeading mental health and medical experts gathered with lawyers, Aboriginal -controlled, and communi...
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SA psychiatrists back GP-led ADHD diagnosis, stress the importance of access to specialist careSouth Australian psychiatrists say enabling GPs to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
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Psychiatrists welcome WA’s carded play move, urge national action on gambling harmPsychiatrists have welcomed the Western Australian Government’s introduction of mandatory carded pla...
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Psychiatrists warn cohealth closures will leave Victoria’s vulnerable worse-offThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is deeply concerned about the...
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World Mental Health Day: Retain workers to top up the mental health systemOn World Mental Health Day, Tū Te Akaaka Roa, the New Zealand National Committee of the Royal Austra...