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Media release
Health system must support older New Zealanders needing mental health carePsychiatrists say reports of aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards highli...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
NAIDOC week member profile: Angus LoftMeet Angus Loft, a Kamilaroi man and second -year medical student at the University of Queensland.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
NAIDOC week member profile: Samantha KatonMeet Samantha Katon from Yuin nation, second year medical student and member of the College’s Psychi...
Media release
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...
President's message
President's Column June 2025June has been an exceptionally busy month for the mental health sector, marked by successive budgets...
Media release
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...
Media release
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...
Update
Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF) Program at Congress 2025Forty-one (41) PIF medical students and junior doctors were fully supported to attend the Congress i...
Policy
Changes to requesting PBS authority approval for stimulantsGrants & awards
New trainee-led award to recognise excellence in supervisionIt aims to celebrate Fellows or Affiliates who’ve made a lasting impact through clinical education a...
Media release
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...
Media release
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...
