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Queensland psychiatrists call for reinstatement of life-saving pill testing servicesThe RANZCP Queensland Branch has expressed ongoing concern about recent legislative changes banning ...
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RANZCP welcomes new defence mental health strategy, calls for ongoing veteran psychiatry trainingA year on since the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide delivered its final report, ps...
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Trauma-Informed Care Essential to South Australia’s Approach to Domestic ViolenceSouth Australia's psychiatrists are calling for trauma-informed practices to be embedded across all ...
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Psychiatrists welcome training boost in Aotearoa New ZealandPsychiatrists say the New Zealand Government has taken positive steps toward growing the availabilit...
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Psychiatrists warn NT Government: Spit hoods and detention cause irreversible harm to youthPsychiatrists say proposed changes to Youth Justice laws, including reinstating spit hoods and remov...
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Tighter restrictions required in medicinal cannabis crackdownPsychiatrists have welcomed new guidance and a tougher approach to medicinal cannabis prescribing pr...
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Health system must support older New Zealanders needing mental health carePsychiatrists say reports of aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards highli...
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Tasmanians need an ongoing commitment to comprehensive mental healthcareIn the lead-up to the Tasmanian election on 19 July, the RANZCP Tasmania Branch calls on all parties...
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Psychiatrists urge governments to act on the recommendations of a Productivity Commission reviewPsychiatrists are urging federal, state and territory governments to act on the recommendations of a...
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No investment to grow the mental health workforce in today’s Queensland BudgetThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Queensland Branch says the St...
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NSW Budget fails to deliver for patients seeking mental health careFifty-eight thousand people with severe and complex mental illness across New South Wales will conti...
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ADHD reform welcome but more training and support for doctors needed, SA psychiatrists sayThe RANZCP SA Branch has welcomed the SA Government's recognition that more needs to be done to supp...
