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Profile
Member profile: Dr Josephine ToppMeet retired Fellow, Dr Josephine Topp. Her psychiatry career began at Austin Health, specialising i...
Media release
Puberty blocker pause could harm vulnerable young people, psychiatrists sayPuberty blocker pause could harm vulnerable young people, psychiatrists say
PIF
Advancing rural psychiatry: Highlights of PIF initiatives in 2025Explore Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF) initiatives in rural psychiatry – from short courses and wor...
Policy
Australian Health Provider Compliance Strategy 2025–30The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has published their Health Provider Compliance Strat...
Profile
Inaugural Rural Champion Professor Kane VellarProfessor Kane Vellar is an inaugural Rural Champion, representing Monash Modified (MM) regions 5–7.
PIF
Introduction to Psychiatry short course in PerthThe RANZCP Psychiatry Interest Forum successfully delivered the Introduction to Psychiatry Short Cou...
Profile
Inaugural Rural Champion Associate Professor Ravi Bhat AMAssociate Professor Ravi Bhat AM is an inaugural Rural Champion.
Update
Expressions of interest open for Rural ChampionsRANZCP trainees or Fellows who are passionate about training or practising psychiatry in a rural loc...
Update
Securing the future: Addressing the psychiatry workforce crisisLeading psychiatrists from across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia have joined senior public healt...
Media release
Psychiatrists back Productivity Commission’s call to fix the mental health plan and systemPsychiatrists are urging federal, state and territory governments to act on the recommendations of a...
President's message
President's updateEvery now and then, I find myself asking: What really gives meaning to the work that we do, as psych...
Media release
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...
