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Psych MattersCongress 2025: Metro Champions of the BushIn this episode Associate Professor Mathew Coleman interviews Professor Bruce Singh and Professor Pat McGorry as they explore the experiences and insights of rural psychiatry in Australia. They also discuss the challenges and rewards of providing mental health services in regional areas, the importance of community engagement, and the need for training and mentorship for future psychiatrists. The dialogue emphasises the value of continuity of care, leadership, and the social contract that exists between healthcare professionals and the communities they serve. The speakers advocate for increased resources and support for rural mental health services, highlighting the potential for positive...
2025-09-1131 minPsych MattersCongress 2025: Telehealth: The Good, Bad and the UglyRecorded live at the RANZCP 2025 Congress in the Gold Coast, this podcast features members of the Section of Private Practice Psychiatry. Dr Michelle Atchison and Dr Gary Galambos join host A/Prof Jeffrey Looi to discuss the benefits and challenges of telehealth in psychiatry. They also explore the future of private practice psychiatry in the context of developments in telehealth, digital technology and the private healthcare sector. A/Prof Jeffrey Looi, MBBS Syd, MD ANU, DMedSc Melb, FRANZCP, AFRACMA, FAMA, is a clinical academic neuropsychiatrist in private practice and leads the Social Psychiatry and Epidemiology R...
2025-08-2831 minPsych MattersFemale phenotype in Autism and implications for clinical care in psychiatryThis podcast on Female phenotype in Autism and implications for clinical care in psychiatry explores the autistic characteristics in women and girls - often referred to as the female phenotype - which suggests that autistic women and girls have characteristics that are different from the traditional profile observed in males and boys and may be missed. For example, females may have more social skills and are more likely to mask their difficulties and camouflage autistic traits. While the features of female phenotype fit into current diagnostic criteria, they may be expressed in ways that exclude them from traditional methods...
2025-08-1422 minPsych MattersThe Leading Women of RANZCP: Dr Kym JenkinsThis series is dedicated to honouring the pioneering women who have shaped the history of RANZCP as past presidents. Out of the 55 individuals who have held this esteemed position, only nine have been women — and with a female president currently at the helm, we reflect on the legacy of their trailblazing contributions. Each episode delves into the personal stories, challenges and triumphs of these pioneers, offering valuable inspiration and insights for the next generation of women in psychiatry as we continue working towards great gender equity.In this episode, Dr Kym Jenkins shares her journey in psychiatry, di...
2025-07-1734 minPsych MattersNavigating Competency-Based Medical EducationThis podcast explores the implementation and challenges of Competency-Based Medical Education within the RANZCP Fellowship Program. It features insights from medical educators and trainees on the importance of flexible assessments, effective feedback, and the role of supervisors in fostering a supportive learning environment. The discussion emphasises the need for a curriculum that aligns with workplace realities and the significance of faculty development in enhancing educational practices.This podcast was recorded following a symposium at the RANZCP Congress 2025 on CBME.Prof Andrew Teodorczuk is a consultant old age psychiatrist and Director of Clinical Training...
2025-07-0349 minPsych MattersThe Leading Women of RANZCP: Dr Elizabeth MooreThis series is dedicated to honouring the pioneering women who have shaped the history of RANZCP as past presidents. Out of the 55 individuals who have held this esteemed position, only nine have been women — and with a female president currently at the helm, we reflect on the legacy of their trailblazing contributions. Each episode delves into the personal stories, challenges and triumphs of these pioneers, offering valuable inspiration and insights for the next generation of women in psychiatry as we continue working towards great gender equity.In this episode, Dr Padmini Howpage interviews Dr Elizabeth Moore, who ha...
2025-06-1929 minPsych MattersFresh Perspectives in Psychiatry: The Foundation’s Role in Supporting New IdeasIn this episode, Associate Professor John Allan and Dr Rory Hutchinson interview recent recipients of RANZCP Foundation grants and scholarships, discussing their research projects, what inspired them to pursue psychiatric research, and the challenges and rewards of their work. Associate Professor Nicola Warren, Chair of the Committee for Research, also joins the conversation to explore what makes a successful grant, the importance of teamwork in research and the power of infectious curiosity! The RANZCP Foundation is the College charity and funds clinical research in psychiatry. Discover more: https://www.ranzcp.org/grants-awards-giving/ranzcp-foundation/about-the-foundation.D...
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Psych MattersThe Leading Women of RANZCP: Dr Janice WilsonThis series is dedicated to honouring the pioneering women who have shaped the history of RANZCP as past presidents. Out of the 55 individuals who have held this esteemed position, only nine have been women — and with a female president currently at the helm, we reflect on the legacy of their trailblazing contributions. Each episode delves into the personal stories, challenges and triumphs of these pioneers, offering valuable inspiration and insights for the next generation of women in psychiatry as we continue working towards great gender equity. In this episode Dr Padmini Howpage interviews Dr Janice Wilson, the fif...
2025-05-2238 min
The Thought BroadcastRevamping EPAs – What RANZCP Trainees and Supervisors Need to Know: An Interview with Anthony LlewellynEnjoying the podcast? Send us a text messageThis episode of The Thought Broadcast explores the recent overhaul of the RANZCP’s suite of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), a core part of its competency-based Fellowship training program since 2012. Updated in line with contemporary medical education best practices, the revised EPA framework streamlines the number of EPA types, improves alignment to the training curriculum, and reformats into a longitudinal assessment model with stepped levels of entrustment. This episode offers a concise overview of these changes to inform trainees and supervisors alike. Dr Anthony Llewellyn, the RANZCP’s Medical Educ...
2025-03-3131 min
Psych MattersWomen's History Month: Women Treating WomenIn this episode, Dr Tina Rizkallah discusses the complexities of women's mental health care with Dr Karen Williams and Dr Rajlaxmi Khopade. They explore the systemic barriers and unique challenges that women face, emphasising the importance of gender-specific and trauma-informed care. The conversation also highlights the need for dedicated services that address the specific mental health needs of women, particularly those who have experienced trauma, family violence, and other systemic issues. They advocate for better training, stronger community support and greater collaboration among mental health professionals to improve outcomes for women. Dr Karen Williams is a...
2025-03-271h 05Psych MattersThrough the Lens of Adaptation: The Unique Insights of Visually Impaired PsychiatristsIn this episode, Dr Elizabeth Moore interviews Dr Ettore Guaia and Dr Sadaf Khan about their personal experiences with disabilities, particularly visual impairments, and the importance of disability advocacy within the field of psychiatry. They reflect on their training experiences, highlighting the challenges faced by trainees with disabilities and the need for stronger support systems.Join us as Dr Ettore Guaia and Dr Sadaf Khan provide invaluable lessons on resilience, adaptation, and the importance of understanding different perspectives in psychiatry. Their stories are a testament to the power of determination and the positive impact that diverse experiences can...
2025-01-3030 minPsych MattersAsylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)Kon Karapanagiotidis, the founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), joins Dr Kym Jenkins and Brianna Sleeth to discuss the Centre’s mission of providing holistic support to asylum seekers and refugees. Established 23 years ago, the ASRC aims to create a safe and welcoming environment for individuals who have experienced trauma and persecution. Its comprehensive range of services includes food banks, health and psychiatry clinics, legal assistance, educational programs and more. The discussion highlights the significance of advocacy and the crucial role psychiatrists play in promoting the rights and wellbeing of asylum seekers. It also addresses the...
2025-01-1645 min
Psych MattersComputer gaming culture and the benefits and risks of gamingIn this episode, Dr Choong-Siew Yong and Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi discuss computer gaming culture from the viewpoint of understanding the interests and hobbies of patients and community members, as well as considering benefits and harms specifically for children and adolescents. The issues discussed include definitions, how and why people choose to play computer games, and risks such as excessive gaming and introduction to gambling via loot boxes. Learning how to ask patients about the role of gaming in their lives can help in better understanding the sociocultural milieux in which they live. Dr Choong-Siew Yong
2024-11-0731 min
Psych MattersConnections and Community in PsychiatryIn this episode, Dr Ashlea White and Dr Roderick McKay discuss the professional and interpersonal aspects of wellbeing, emphasising the importance of community and peer support for mental health professionals. Drawing from their own experiences, they reflect on the challenges faced by trainees, the role of mentorship, and the stigma surrounding mental health issues and seeking help as a physician. They explore how the profession can create space to value those that may be struggling. The conversation also highlights the impact that small, helpful acts and moments can have, and the human element of fostering more supportive en...
2024-10-2429 minPsych MattersRANZCP Certificate of Postgraduate Training in Clinical PsychiatryThis conversation discusses the development of the Certificate of Postgraduate Training in Clinical Psychiatry (the Certificate), funded by the Australian Government. The Certificate is designed for medical practitioners in Australia (PGY5+) who want to learn foundational concepts in psychiatry and develop practical clinical skills to assess and support patients who present with mental health conditions. The program includes four core areas with an elective that can be related to your interests. It offers flexibility and experiential learning, allowing participants to continue working in their primary places of work -while under clinical supervision by experienced psychiatrists.Chair of...
2024-10-1022 minThe Thought BroadcastDiscussing a taxonomy of supervision for RANZCP trainees and FellowsEnjoying the podcast? Send us a text messageIn this episode of The Thought Broadcast, Dr Ed Miller, Dr Michael Weightman, Dr Ahnoor Benipal and Dr Andrew Amos discuss and compare the range of supervision modalities available to RANZCP trainees and Fellows. Music: https://freesound.org/people/ShadyDave/sounds/277375/ Logo: Sidonie PrenticeDisclaimer: This podcast is provided to you for information purposes only and to provide a broad public understanding of various mental health topics. The podcast may represent the views of the author and not necessarily the vie...
2024-09-3035 min
Psych MattersRemote SupervisionThis episode of Psych Matters recorded at the 2023 RANZCP Congress in Perth is about remote supervision for psychiatry trainees. Inequitable access to psychiatric care has been highlighted as a significant shortcoming for both the Australian and New Zealand mental health care system for some time. The college developed a rural psychiatry roadmap 2021 to 2031, a pathway to equitable and sustainable rural mental health services, and has made a number of proposals for change, emphasizing how building the rural psychiatry workforce will require the development of dedicated rural psychiatry training pathways to fellowship.The roadmap focuses on...
2024-06-0641 minPsych MattersThe Urgency of Youth Mental HealthThis episode revolves around the importance of youth mental health and the need for specialized care for young people. Dr Astha Tomar facilitates this discussion with distinguished panel members Prof Patrick McGorry, Dr Iain Macmillan, Dr Daniel Pellen, Dr Leonardo Sauaia, and Dr Ian Soosay. They cover the deterioration of youth mental health in high-income countries, the impact of the pandemic, along with the need for increased funding and research in mental health care, and the challenges of accessing mental health services in rural and remote areas. They emphasize the importance of co-designing services with young people and their f...
2024-05-0933 minPsych MattersMood Disorders Update with The Anna Freud CentreIn this episode, facilitated by Professor Bruce Singh AM, The Anna Freud Centre in the UK outline the work they are undertaking on behalf of the College to conduct an independent external review of the evidence for long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for the treatment of mood disorders. The key components of the review are discussed, including systematic reviews of both quantitative and qualitative literature, and plans to conduct one-to-one interviews with health professionals and people with lived experience of psychotherapy. We also hear more about the Anna Freud Centre team working on the review. Further information about the r...
2024-04-1123 min
Psych Matters"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - Dr Jacqueline Rakov"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they come from, and where they are heading.Dr. Jacqueline Rakov is a clinical and...
2024-03-2830 min
Psych Matters"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - Prof Kay Wilhelm"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they come from, and where they are heading.Professor Kay Wilhelm is Professor of Psychiatry...
2024-03-2137 min
Psych Matters"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - A/Prof Melanie Turner"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they come from, and where they are heading.A/Prof Melanie Turner is an Associate...
2024-02-2933 minPsych MattersAn Insight into Leadership and Management in PsychiatryThis is a 2 part episode of podcasts with leading Australian and New Zealand psychiatrists developed by the RANZCP Section of Leadership and Management. The following discussions hosted by Associate Professor Robert Parker (Chair of SLAM) aims to encourage and inform Early Career and other psychiatrists in pursuit of a career in Leadership and Management. Dr. Peggy Brown AO is currently one of three Commissioners appointed to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. She formerly held roles including Senior Clinical Advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care; Chief Executive Off...
2024-02-1534 minPsych MattersVoluntary Assisted Dying and Complex GriefLife throws up a lot of options, challenges and choices and death comes to us all. Voluntary assisted dying is an end of life option for a small number of people in Australia but has brought about a lot of conversation and debate. In this podcast Associate Professor Melanie Turner who is a psychiatrist and also the presiding in member of the Voluntary assisted dying Review Board of South Australia speaks to Dr Ava Carter about assisted dying. VAD started on January 31 2023 in South Australia and it has been an interesting journey to see the evolution of VAD in that...
2024-02-0147 min
Psych MattersOld Age PsychiatryThis Podcast recorded live at the Perth RANZCP Congress discusses research in Old Age Psychiatry presented in a free paper session. A/Prof Gary Cheung (Dementia prevalence and treatment in Maori and non-Maori), Dr Alok Rana and Dr Sandeep Reelh (Assessing dementia underdiagnosis: screening, diagnosis, and management of cognitive impairment/dementia at the Mackay Base Hospital) discuss their respective research projects, findings, clinical and policy implications with the host, A/Prof Jeffrey Looi.A/ Prof Gary Cheung (PhD FRANZCP MBChB BSc) is an academic old age psychiatrist at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. He...
2024-01-0435 minPsych MattersMindfulness and Wellbeing for Staff in HealthcareIn this episode of Psych Matters, doctors Maura Kenny and Linda Kader engage in conversation about the need for staff wellbeing to be a priority for healthcare settings. They also touch upon a number of issues in the healthcare industry which are crucial to explore systematically and understand ways to address to create a sustainable transformative work culture, whereby excellent care provision is there for patients, and at the same time a thriving team of staff delivering such care.Dr Maura Kenny is a consultant psychiatrist in SA Health with a longstanding specialist...
2023-12-0742 min
Psych MattersAn Update on Treatments for OCDThis podcast covers the content of a workshop held at the RANZCP Perth Congress 2023. There is a discussion about the nosological status of OCD; a review of controversies and advances in psychological and pharmacological treatments; a discussion of neuromodulation (including TMS and DBS); and finally the potential role of psychedelic assisted therapy for OCD. Prof David Castle is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Tasmania; and Co-Director, Tasmanian Centre for Mental Health Service Innovation. He has wide clinical and research interests, encompassing schizophrenia and related disorders, bipolar disorder, OCD spectrum disorders and d...
2023-11-2331 minPsych MattersYounger Onset DementiasYoung onset dementias, including frontal lobe dementias, are dementias that occur in people less than 65 years old. This episode discusses the challenges in diagnosing dementia in younger people, investigations including neuroimaging and cognitive testing and potential red-flags that might lead the general psychiatrist to consider a dementia diagnosis when reviewing middle-aged adults with psychiatric symptoms and conditions.A/Prof Samantha Loi is an old age psychiatrist and clinical researcher with expertise in the area of dementia. She has worked in the area of young-onset dementia at Neuropsychiatry, Royal Melbourne Hospital since 2011 and has a track re...
2023-10-2645 minPsych MattersPsychiatrist and trainee burnoutIn this episode senior trainees Dr Ava Carter, Dr Matthew Brazel and A/Prof Jeffrey Looi discuss trainee and psychiatrist burnout. The episode covers the definition, research on burnout in Trainee and Psychiatrists, as well as the broader literature, medical student and career experiences, and evidence-based management. The podcast is based on a paper co-authored, with Professors Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Steve Kisely, Jeffrey Looi and Drs Paul Maguire and Matthew Brazel.Dr Ava Carter is dual qualified in Dentistry and Medicine and is the Senior Psychiatric Registrar in the ACT. She has been a...
2023-09-1452 minPsych MattersPaediatric Intellectual Disability in Academia and PolicyIntellectual Disability (ID) in children is characterised by significant difficulties in both intellectual functioning (e.g. understanding and communicating, memory and executive functioning, learning, problem solving) and adaptive behaviour (e.g. activities of daily living and everyday routines and social skills). To help those with ID reach their full potential, early identification and intervention are critical. Since they are more likely to have additional disabilities and/or co-morbid conditions such as other neurodevelopmental (e.g. autism, ADHD, tics) and mental health (e.g. anxiety, depression, behavioural issues) disorders, comprehensive assessment and appropriate intervention of these co-existing conditions is important.
2023-08-3141 minThe Thought BroadcastDiscussing changes to the RANZCP’s centrally administered examinations with Nick O’Connor (part 2 of 2)Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text messageThe RANZCP has recently stopped conducting OSCE examinations in the hope of diversifying the examination and assessment pathway. In this two part episode, recorded at the RANCZP 2023 annual congress in Perth, Dr Nick O’Connor, RANZCP Board Director and head of the RANZCP Education Committee, discusses these changes with Australasian Psychiatry’s Trainee Editor, Dr Ed Miller. The discussion ranges from the history of the RANZCP OSCE examinations, why the recent changes were enacted, and future directions for the centrally administered examinations.Dr Nick O’Connor has...
2023-08-0919 minPsych MattersMaori Experiences of Intellectual DisabilityMā te huruhuru ka rere te manu. Adorn the bird with feather and they will fly. Dr Hinemoa Elder. Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāpuhi.In this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Hinemoa Elder begins with a broad background related to Māori concepts of disability including those of 'Tangata Whaikaha' and 'Whānau Hauā’. The discussion includes Māori levels of need, and mātauranga Māori, Māori knowledge systems about Hinengaro or Female deity of Mind. Specific examples of approaches which are in use are then provided including Te Waka Kuaka a...
2023-08-0341 minThe Thought BroadcastDiscussing changes to the RANZCP’s centrally administered examinations with Nick O’Connor (part 1 of 2)Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text messageThe RANZCP has recently stopped conducting OSCE examinations in the hope of diversifying the examination and assessment pathway. In this two part episode, recorded at the RANCZP 2023 annual congress in Perth, Dr Nick O’Connor, RANZCP Board Director and head of the RANZCP Education Committee, discusses these changes with Australasian Psychiatry’s Trainee Editor, Dr Ed Miller. The discussion ranges from the history of the RANZCP OSCE examinations, why the recent changes were enacted, and future directions for the centrally administered examinations.Dr Nick O’Connor has...
2023-07-2119 min
Psych MattersPerspectives on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in clinical practiceIn this episode, Professor Richard Harvey is in conversation with Professor David Castle (University of Tasmania) and Associate Professor Lynette Averill (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston and Yale School of Medicine) to discuss their perspectives on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in clinical practice.Professor Richard Harvey has been a consultant psychiatrist since 1998. He trained in the UK and migrated to Australia in 2003. He has held a variety of clinical positions in public and private in Australia. He is a Clinical Professor at Deakin University and is currently in private practice. He is the Chair of the RANZCP...
2023-06-2233 minPsych MattersRegional and Rural Academic PsychiatryIt is well known that rural/regional Australians face greater health and mental health burdens at the same time as lower levels of service access. Dispersed populations and lower levels of research infrastructure are barriers to rural/regionally based academic psychiatrists. Nevertheless, opportunities exist for those willing to follow the dictum "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Dr Andrew Amos, leads a discussion of the realized and potential opportunities for successful research in rural/regional Australia, with a focus on building rural/regional research capacity. A/Prof Mathew Coleman is a...
2023-06-0836 minPsych MattersLoneliness and Mental HealthWhile all people may experience the detrimental impacts of loneliness, there are unique health and social impacts of loneliness and social isolation for people with mental health conditions and their families/whānau/carers. They are at higher risk of experiencing loneliness and social isolation and its associated stigma can be a key factor in impeding recovery for people with mental illness. The RANZCP’s Community Collaboration Committee (CCC) with Lived Experience Australia has created this podcast in the aims of having high educational value and raising public awareness of the interrelationship between loneliness and mental health.Links: Und...
2023-06-0159 minPsych MattersThe History of Psychiatry Part 3: A History of Anti-Psychiatry in the 20th CenturyThis episode is the final episode in a 3-part series on the History of Psychiatry. In this particular episode Dr. Kaplan speaks about the notable names in the movement of Anti-Psychiatry during the 20th Century.Dr Robert M. Kaplan, MBChB FRANZCP MA MPhil, is a Forensic psychiatrist, lecturer and speaker with positions at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Wollongong University. His fields of expertise are sleep and pain disorders, neuropsychiatry and psychological aspects of physical disorders. He also holds the distinguished position at RANZCP, of Chair of the Binational Section...
2023-05-0429 minPsych MattersThe History of Psychiatry Part 2: The Trials and Discoveries of the 20th CenturyThis episode is the second in a series on the History of Psychiatry. In this particular episode Dr. Kaplan explores the development of different drugs, methodology, and diagnoses that were discovered, researched, and applied from World War 1 to the 1980's.Dr Robert M. Kaplan, MBChB FRANZCP MA MPhil, is a Forensic psychiatrist, lecturer and speaker with positions at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Wollongong University. His fields of expertise are sleep and pain disorders, neuropsychiatry and psychological aspects of physical disorders. He also holds the distinguished position at RANZCP, of...
2023-04-2059 min
Psych MattersWhakaronongo ki nga whakaaro nui o nga kaumātua (listening to the wisdom of ones elders)In this Episode Dr Rees Tapsell (Māori fellow) interviews Ms Moe Milne and Mr Ron Baker (Māori cultural elders and advisors for the RANZCP) to get their insights into a range of issues related to Māori mental health. In addition to being recognised cultural experts both Moe and Ron have nursing training and are deeply ensconced within the Maori world. They bring decades of experience to bear as they discuss issues from Colonisation and its effects non-Maori through to Māori models of care and Māori knowledge systems. They highlight the importance of cultural competence in deali...
2023-04-1347 minPsych MattersThe History of Psychiatry Part 1: Early human to the 20th CenturyThis podcast is a brief summary of the History of Psychiatry from as early as hunter gatherer societies to the beginning of the first World War.Dr Robert M. Kaplan, MBChB FRANZCP MA MPhil, is a Forensic psychiatrist, lecturer and speaker with positions at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Wollongong University. His fields of expertise are sleep and pain disorders, neuropsychiatry and psychological aspects of physical disorders. He also holds the distinguished position at RANZCP, of Chair of the Binational Section Philosophy and the Humanities in Psychiatry....
2023-04-0638 min
Psych MattersTuakana-Teina: Reflections on Psychiatric TrainingIn this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Rees Tapsell, a Māori fellow of the RANZCP interviews Dr Rātahi Bell, a senior registrar in forensic specialty training about the specific challenges and opportunities that come with training as a Maori psychiatric registrar in New Zealand. They discuss the importance of dual competence (being able to walk equally in both the Māori and Psychiatric worlds) in working in New Zealand and the value that bringing an integrated approach can have in the assessment and management of a Māori patient within their whānau (family). They discuss important Māori co...
2023-03-1621 min
Psych MattersOn the Rural Pathway: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental HealthThis episode will explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health training experiences and consideration of indigenous values, lifestyles, aspirations, family and differing needs and capacities of Indigenous people in diverse, complex economic and social circumstances. Through the firsthand stories of current trainees on their rural pathways to Fellowship, they share their experience of what are culturally appropriate mental health and social and emotional wellbeing and services for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and how these are best delivered by going out to the community.This podcast series was made possible by funding from the...
2023-03-0224 min
Psych MattersOn the Rural Pathway: A Case StudyThis episode from the series In Conversation: on the rural pathway to Fellowship explores the holistic nature of care by examining the firsthand stories of trainees and their approach to cases in rural settings. The podcast seeks to explore trainees dealing with cases in rural everyday circumstances and how these cases impacted their training experience.This podcast series was made possible by funding from the Australian Government through the Specialist Training Program. The Specialist Training Program is an Australian Government initiative to support specialist medical training in settings beyond traditional public teaching hospitals, including regional, rural, and...
2023-02-1636 min
Psych MattersOn the Rural Pathway: Rural Training JourneyWant to find out more about the rural training journey? This is the podcast to listen to! Doctors David Townsend, Skye Kinder, Nicholas Faint and Phoebe Thornton share the real stories of their rural psychiatry training journeys.The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has received Australian Government funding under the Specialist Training Program to deliver this activity. Dr David Townsend is a stage two psychiatry registrar currently working with the WA Country Health Service in a new Medical Education Registrar role to help develop and launch the new Rural Psychiatry T...
2023-01-1922 min
Psych MattersOn the Rural Pathway: City Experience vs Rural Experience in TrainingAre you considering a move to a rural community for your psychiatry training? This is the first podcast of a series of five; In Conversation: On the Rural Pathway to RANZCP Fellowship. Host Dr David Townsend speaks with psychiatrists-in-training sharing firsthand experience of living and working in a rural community.The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has received Australian Government funding under the Specialist Training Program to deliver this activity. Dr David Townsend is a stage two psychiatry registrar currently working with the WA Country Health Service in a...
2023-01-0532 minPsych MattersEffective Feedback in Clinical SupervisionThis podcast explores the current evidence guiding how feedback can be most effectively delivered in clinical supervision. Supervision is a central feature of the RANZCP training program. While supervision is valued by trainees, they often discuss the desire for more feedback from their supervisors. Supervisors can struggle to provide feedback in busy clinical settings, and it is not always easy to deliver effective feedback. Today’s panel will explore why feedback is important, why supervisors often struggle to provide feedback, and provide practical guidance to supervisors wanting to improve their practice to make sure the feedback they provide in su...
2022-12-0834 min
Psych MattersAdvances in dementia research, diagnosis, treatment and careIn this episode of Psych Matters Professor Henry Brodaty explains recent advances in dementia research, diagnosis, treatment, and care. He presented this topic at the RANZCP Congress 2022 in Sydney, Australia and discusses many of the important points made during the presentation.Professor Henry Brodaty is a researcher, clinician, policy advisor and strong advocate for people with dementia and their carers. At UNSW Sydney, he is Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing. He has published extensively, is a senior psychogeriatrician at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. H...
2022-11-1030 minPsych MattersFrom Zoology to Psychiatry, via CancerDr Ben Bravery started life as a zoologist, working to save animals from extinction across the globe. Though at 28-years-old, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and confronted with the prospect of his own destruction. Ben’s journey from scientist to cancer patient, and now to psychiatry trainee is documented in his memoir The Patient Doctor. On the topics of compassion, system design, and medical education, Ben speaks with the conviction of someone who has lived on both sides of the doctor patient relationship. In this episode of Psych Matters, Ben is in conversation with Dr Elizabeth Moore and Dr...
2022-09-2937 minPsych MattersShould I stay or should I go – crossroads and career choices with familyIn this episode hosted by the Gender Equity Working Group of the RANZCP, Dr Carol Silberberg and Associate Professor Samantha Loi discuss the challenges involved in balancing leadership roles with family commitments and provide their own experiences and advice about how to tackle these. Dr Andrew Amos is a Representative of the RANZCP’s Gender Equity Working Group.Associate Professor Samantha Loi is a neuropsychiatrist, old age psychiatrist, principal research fellow at the University of Melbourne, mother, stepmother, partner and one of a very small group of women academic-psychiatrists at the RAN...
2022-09-1544 min
Psych MattersPresidential Symposium RANZCP 2022: Pandemic population mental health and related issuesIn this episode Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi and his guests discuss topics including the recent pandemic and other related themes which was presented during the Presidential Symposium hosted at the 2022 RANZCP Congress in Sydney.Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, MBBS Syd, MD ANU, DMedSc Melb, FRANZCP, AFRACMA, is a clinical academic neuropsychiatrist, in private and public practice, and Head of the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the Australian National University Medical School. Jeffrey leads the Australian, United States, Scandinavian-Spanish Imaging Exchange (AUSSIE) and the Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research...
2022-09-0141 minPsych MattersMusic Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour TherapyMusic And Psychology & Social connections (MAPS) is an online group program which combines music therapy via therapeutic songwriting and psychology informed by cognitive behaviour therapy for couples affected by younger-onset dementia. MAPS aims to improve the mental health and social connections in the spousal carers and in the people with younger-onset dementia, with secondary aims to improve coping skills in the spouses and behaviour changes associated with dementia. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/4/503Email: maps-program@unimelb.edu.auAssociate Professor Samantha Loi, MBBS, BMedSc, MPsych, FRANZCP, GradCertPOA, PhD. is...
2022-08-1851 min
Psych MattersWomen's mental health - Time's up!In this podcast, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni speaks on the current social context of women's mental health, and the impact this has in our work as psychiatrists. Professor Kulkarni's podcast focusses on problems with the diagnostic term "Borderline Personality Disorder", as well as the hormone impacts on women's mental health. She speaks about new treatments for premenstrual depression, depression related to hormone contraception and finally the difficult to recognise condition of 'Perimenopausal Depression'. This podcast contains some of the topics that Professor Kulkarni covered in her keynote presentation at the RANZCP College Congress in Sydney in 2022.Jayashri...
2022-08-0431 minThe Thought BroadcastAn Interview with Pramudie Gunaratne: “A Seat at The Table”Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Dr Pramudie Gunaratne is a newly appointed director of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP); the first ever from the trainee cohort. Representative of a new era in RANZCP governance, Pramudie has gone straight to work engaging stakeholders across the training region. Canvassing this trainee group has identified a deficit in trainee engagement and uncertainty around the proposed changes to trainee education. Listen as Pramudie articulates these concerns and plots various routes to a more trainee conscious future for the RANZCP. Pramudie is interviewed by i...
2022-08-0324 min
Psych MattersThe Markers in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Study (The MiND Study)In this episode Professor Mal Hopwood and Dr Dhamidhu Eratne discuss The Markers in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Study. The MiND Study is an Australia-wide research study led by Professor Dennis Velakoulis and Dr Eratne in Neuropsychiatry at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and The University of Melbourne, aiming to develop a routinely available blood test to diagnose (or rule out) dementia and other illnesses quickly and accurately, and transform the care for all people with symptoms and illnesses of the mind and brain. Many patients with conditions like younger onset dementia, go through years of multiple assessments and investigations, mi...
2022-07-2139 min
Psych MattersSystematic opportunities and barriers in the context of the major reform of NZ’s health systemIn this episode of Psych Matters Dr Rees Tapsell, from the Arawa canoe of Ngāti Whakaue descent, describes systemic features affecting Maori mental health, including the impact of the RANZCP’s Te Kaunihera committee, imminent changes to the NZ health system which will see a new Maori Health Authority working alongside Health NZ, and the importance of self-determination for First Nation peoples across the world. Dr Andrew Amos hosted the discussion.Dr Rees Tapsell is of Māori, heralding from the Arawa canoe and of Ngāti Whakaue descent. He is the Executive Director of th...
2022-07-0744 minPsych MattersReal-world performance of Victorian hospitals during the COVID-19 lockdownsThis podcast is a discussion of the performance of the Victorian health system during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with reference to the Australian and International context for health systems and population mental health. Issues related to managing through adversity, adaptation health, wellbeing, workforce and mental health service data collection are also discussed by Professors Vinay Lakra, Tarun Bastiampillai and Jeffrey Looi.There is forthcoming Australasian Psychiatry paper led by Professor Stephen Allison, together with the podcast presenters and Professor David Copolov that covers the background.Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, MBBS...
2022-06-2346 minPsych MattersAutism and Serious Criminal Offending - Part 2Over the years there has been an increasing awareness of the fact that while the vast majority of individuals with autism spectrum conditions are law abiding, some on the spectrum do commit serious acts of violence. In this podcast we look at the core features of autism, explore differences across the spectrum and review the evidence on the link, if any, between autism and serious violence. We also look at the contribution of the core features of autism to the offending cycle and how the condition might affect the individual’s pathway through the criminal justice system....
2022-06-0932 minPsych MattersAutism and Serious Criminal Offending - Part 1Over the years there has been an increasing awareness of the fact that while the vast majority of individuals with autism spectrum conditions are law abiding, some on the spectrum do commit serious acts of violence. In this podcast we look at the core features of autism, explore differences across the spectrum and review the evidence on the link, if any, between autism and serious violence. We also look at the contribution of the core features of autism to the offending cycle and how the condition might affect the individual’s pathway through the criminal justice system. ...
2022-05-2645 minPsych MattersRemote PsychiatryRemote psychiatry is one part of the diverse practice of regional, rural, and remote psychiatry that is unique to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Remote psychiatry brings a number of unique challenges and benefits for clinicians and is not for the faint hearted. Working in resource poor areas, across large geographical areas means that psychiatrists must be adept in providing the whole range of psychiatric skills and expertise to entire communities, differentiating itself from metropolitan practice most familiar with psychiatrists in Australia and New Zealand. Associate Professor Mat Coleman leads today’s discussion from...
2022-05-1239 minPsych MattersLeadership and management for psychiatrists during and post COVID-19The year 2020 will be remembered as the year of the most significant global pandemic since the Spanish influenza. Our mental health system is chronically strained and health professionals regularly struggle with burnout, at the best of times. The workforce shortage has consistently impacted the care provided to patients and COVID-19 introduced additional challenges. At international, national and community levels, leaders across all sectors have been required to respond to both direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 crisis, with little time for preparation, and in a constantly changing environment. In this podcast, influential leaders in th...
2022-03-1749 minPsych MattersMental illness in adults with intellectual disability: AssessmentThe prevalence of intellectual disability (or ID) in Australia is about 1 to 2% of the population and it is now recognized that not only do adults with an ID experience substantially higher rates of mental health problems than the rest of the population, but they also have difficulties in getting these needs met because of the range of barriers to people in accessing mental health services. These barriers are discussed in this podcast along with suggestions as to how professionals can approach looking after people with intellectual disability and mental health problems.Dr Nick O’Connor
2022-02-0336 minPsych MattersWhy Train in Psychiatry?Dr Fiona Wilkes, Stage 2 Psychiatry Trainee, Dr Angus Finlay, Stage 3 Advanced Trainee, and Professor Jeffrey Looi, Psychiatrist, discuss their experiences in choosing and training in Psychiatry as a career. They discuss the process of choosing psychiatric training, experiences of training, the nature of the work with people suffering from mental illness, and the varied career possibilities within psychiatry. Listeners might also be interested in the related Psych Matters podcast “Challenges for early career psychiatrists”, which discusses early career matters, including work-life balance. Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, MBBS Syd, MD ANU, DMedSc Melb, FRANZCP, AFRACMA, is a cli...
2022-01-2059 minPsych MattersSocial Cultural and Rehabilitation PsychiatryIn this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Tanveer Ahmed and Dr Elizabeth Moore discuss the work and significance of the social, cultural and rehabilitation section of the College.Dr Tanveer Ahmed is a Sydney based psychiatrist, author and columnist. He works in both the private and public sectors, including as a Staff Specialist at Bankstown Community Health. Dr Elizabeth Moore is the Coordinator General of the Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the President elect of the RANZCP.Topic suggestion:If you have a topic s...
2022-01-0631 minThe Thought BroadcastAn Interview with Nick O’Connor: “Examining the Examiner”Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text messageFollowing a series of podcasts exploring trainees’ experiences of the Scholarly Project assessment task, the latest episode of The Thought Broadcast shifts focus to the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). In response to the imbroglio arising from the failed delivery of the November 2021 audiovisual OSCE, we speak to Dr Nick O’Connor – RANZCP board member, and Chair of the Education Committee. Dr O’Connor provides candid responses to questions relating to how and why the AVOSCE was abandoned, as well as updating listeners on alternative assessment pathways for affected...
2021-12-141h 00Psych MattersSpecialist International Medical Graduates: Transition to PracticeIn this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Vinay Lakra is joined by Dr Sidney Cabral, Dr Alida Connell and Dr Ajay Vijayakrishnan to discuss specialist international medical graduates transitioning to practice.Associate Professor Vinay Lakra Associate Professor Vinay Lakra is the President of the College. He is also a Clinical Director and a member of the Victorian Board of Medical Board of Australia. He completed his medical and psychiatry training in India. He has had extensive involvement in supporting, training and mentoring SIMGs besides developing the assessment standards for SMIGs.Dr...
2021-12-0956 minPsych MattersUnderstanding the process behind the RANZCP Written ExamsIn this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Nathan Gibson shares a panel discussion from a workshop, recently hosted at Congress in Hobart.The workshop provided valuable information and insight into the written exams and the marking process.Topic suggestion:If you have a topic suggestion or would like to participate in a future episode of Psych Matters, we’d love to hear from you.Please contact us by email at: psychmatters.feedback@ranzcp.orgDisclaimer:This podcast is provided to you for information purposes only and to...
2021-11-111h 50Psych MattersSmoking Cessation & E-CigarettesIn this episode of Psych Matters, Associate Professor Mat Coleman and his guests discuss Smoking Cessation & E-Cigarettes.Joining in the discussion are Professor Hayden McRobbie and Dr Mark Montebello.Associate Professor Mat Coleman is the Clinical Director of the Great Southern Mental Health Service (WA Country Health Service) based out of Albany WA. He is also the inaugural chair of Rural and Remote Mental Health Practice for the Rural Clinical School WA (University of Western Australia) and is a Commissioner with the National Mental Health Commission. Mat is a member of the Faculty of...
2021-10-2855 minPsych MattersImproving Mental Health Assessment of Veterans and Military PersonnelIn this episode of Psych Matters, Members of the RANZCP Military, Veterans and Emergency Services Personnel Mental Health Network engage in a lively discussion of how to improve assessment of current serving members and ex-serving veterans of the Australian Defence Force. This includes conducting a tailored history-taking process that includes specific aspects of service and transition to civilian life. Practical guidance for clinicians on specific details to consider and address during assessment is covered. Comorbid conditions, chronic pain and the needs of both women and older veterans are also discussed.Speakers: Dr...
2021-10-1453 minPsych MattersSmoking CessationTobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in Australia. People with mental illness and substance use disorders smoke at rates significantly higher than the general population, have high levels of nicotine dependence and are less likely to be offered treatment to stop smoking. The management of tobacco smoking is one of the most important activities a mental health clinician or service can undertake in terms of reducing mortality, improving quality of life and improving the efficacy of mental health treatment. This podcast examines the barriers, myths and evidence-based treatments for people who are dependent on tobacco and...
2021-09-301h 11Psych MattersChallenges for Early Career PsychiatristsThis Psych Matters podcast discusses the challenges faced by early career psychiatrists as they transition into a consultant psychiatrist role in the public or private sectors. Drawing on the experiences of early-career, early mid-career and mid-later-career psychiatrists, Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, Dr Samantha Loi and Dr Daniel Heard discuss issues including clinical, leadership, supervision, academic, and work-life balance.Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, MBBS Syd, MD ANU, DMedSc Melb, FRANZCP, AFRACMA, is a clinical academic neuropsychiatrist, in private and public practice, and Head of the Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the Australian National...
2021-08-1955 min
Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Colleen DoyleIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Professor Colleen Doyle about her work in old age mental health.Colleen Doyle BA Hons PhD MAPS Colleen Doyle PhD is currently senior principal research fellow at NARI and a research consultant. She was Professor of Aged Care at the Australian Catholic University 2012-2017 in a health service research partnership with Villa Maria Catholic Homes. Her research with NARI focuses on the impact of befriending for older adults living in residential aged care ways to improve dementia care and health service evaluation. She founded the A...
2021-08-1242 minPsych MattersTranslation and Implementation of the Clinical Guidelines for Mood DisordersIn this episode of Psych Matters, authors of the 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders, address some key aspects of translating and implementing the guidelines into clinical practice. These key areas were selected based on feedback received since the publication of the guidelines in January 2021, and include both practical aspects of clinical management, and novel treatments on the horizon. Speakers:Professor Gin Malhi – University of SydneyDoctoral Researcher Erica Bell – University of SydneyAssociate Professor Darryl Bassett – University of Western AustraliaProfessor Phil Boy...
2021-07-2258 minPsych MattersUpdate on Private Health Insurance - Managed Care Implications for PsychiatristsThis episode of Psych Matters discusses the Australian psychiatric healthcare implications of the advent of Managed Care in Private Health Insurance with the recent emergence of a private company that can selectively contract with healthcare providers on behalf of insurers. The basic characteristics of managed care: selective contracting, financial incentives for performance and utilisation management present significant challenges for psychiatric care in Australia, especially in the context of the failures of managed care in the United States where it originated. Professor Jeffrey Looi and Dr William Pring present the healthcare policy background and discuss the clinical implications o...
2021-07-0828 minPsych MattersExploring the Impact of Coercive Control: Perpetrator Strategies, Entrapment, and SuicideIn this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Andrew Amos is joined by Dr Manjula O'Connor and Dr Karen Williams for a second, more clinically oriented podcast on Coercive Control.Dr Karen Williams describes specific strategies used by male perpetrators to systematically destroy female partner’s sense of agency and eliminate alternative sources of social, emotional, and financial support. Dr Manjula O’Connor reports research showing how the learned helplessness associated with complete dependence on their abusers significantly increased the risk of suicide in a group of Australian women subject to coercive control. The podcast ends with a br...
2021-06-241h 08Psych MattersUpdate on Australian Population Mental Health and Policy ResearchThis episode of Psych Matters discusses research conducted by the Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy Research and Analysis (CAPIPRA), focused on improve mental healthcare delivery for patients and the community. The research addresses responses to various commissions and inquiries related to mental healthcare, as well as analysis of population datasets on mental healthcare. Professors Jeffrey Looi and Tarun Bastiampillai present their collaborative research.Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi, MBBS Syd, MD ANU, DMedSc Melb, FRANZCP, AFRACMA, is a clinical academic neuropsychiatrist, in...
2021-06-1030 minPsych MattersCoercive Control : An improved understanding of family violence, and its impact on mental healthIn this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Manjula O'Connor, Chair of the RANZCP's Family Violence Psychiatry Network, and Dr Karen Williams, Founder of the advocacy and support group Doctors Against Violence Towards Women, educate Dr Andrew Amos on the legal, clinical, and social functions of the recently established category of domestic violence known as coercive control. Dr O'Connor and Dr Williams explain that the new category was developed to protect a significant number of vulnerable women and children severely harmed by strategic manipulation leaving them entirely dependent upon predatory male partners, without necessarily suffering the grievous assaults or injuries...
2021-05-271h 09Psych MattersTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)In this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Salam Hussain and Professor Paul Fitzgerald discuss Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.Speakers:Dr Salam HussainSalam Hussain is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), in the area of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, and a Lead Clinician for the Neuromodulation unit at the SCGH Day Procedure Unit. Adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer at the School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences University of Western Australia. Salam is a qualified psychiatrist trained in Western Australia and Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College...
2021-04-2235 minPsych MattersA day in the life of Private PracticeIn this episode of Psych Matters, Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi and his guests discuss a day in the life of private practice.Speakers: Associate Professor Jeffrey LooiDr Michelle AtchisonDr Gary GalambosLinks:Private psychiatry in Australia: reflections on career opportunities, benefits, and challengeshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1039856220978856RANZCP Section of Private Practice Psychiatry https://www.ranzcp.org/membership/faculties-sections-and-networks/private-practice-psychiatryTopic suggestion:If you have a topic suggestion or would like to participate in...
2021-04-0858 minPsych MattersPreparing for the Essay Style Exam - Modified Essay Questions (MEQ)In this episode of Psych Matters, Associate Professor Stephen Parker, Dr Catherine Maud, Dr Karen Freier and Dr Roth Trisno share their own personal insights and opinions on how to prepare for Modified Essay Questions exam and are not necessarily the views of the Committee for examinations and the College.The Essay-style exam is a summative assessment and a Fellowship requirement of the RANZCP Fellowship Program.It is set at the standard expected at the end of Stage 3 and assesses the application of knowledge and the capacity for critical thinking.Topic suggestion:
2021-03-1142 minPsych MattersNew Clinical Guidelines for Mood Disorders: Management of Bipolar DisorderIn this episode of Psych Matters, Professor Gin Malhi and his guests discuss. The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders. This discussion is the 3rd in the series and focusses on Management of Bipolar Disorder.Speakers:Professor Gin Malhi – University of SydneyDoctoral Researcher Erica Bell – University of SydneyAssociate Professor Darryl Bassett – University of Western AustraliaProfessor Greg Murray – Swinburne University of TechnologyProfessor Richard Porter – University of OtagoAssociate Professor Ajeet Singh – Deakin UniversityProfessor Malcolm Hopwood – University of Melbourne
2021-02-251h 07Psych MattersNew Clinical Guidelines for Mood Disorders: Management of Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Non-ResponseIn this episode of Psych Matters, Professor Gin Malhi and his guests discuss The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders. This discussion is the 2nd in the series and focusses on Management of Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Non-ResponseSpeakers:Professor Gin Malhi – University of SydneyDoctoral Researcher Erica Bell – University of SydneyProfessor Greg Murray – Swinburne University of TechnologyProfessor Phil Boyce – University of SydneyProfessor Phil Hazell – University of SydneyProfessor Malcolm Hopwood – University of MelbourneThe 2020 Roy...
2021-02-131h 08Psych MattersNew Clinical Guidelines for Mood Disorders: Classification, Diagnosis, Assessment and FormulationIn this episode of Psych Matters, Professor Gin Malhi and his guests discuss The 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders. This discussion is the 1st in the series and focusses on Classification, Diagnosis, Assessment and Formulation. Speakers:Professor Gin Malhi – University of SydneyDoctoral Researcher Erica Bell – University of SydneyProfessor Greg Murray – Swinburne University of TechnologyProfessor Phil Boyce – University of SydneyProfessor Roger Mulder – University of Otago, ChristchurchProfessor Richard Porter - University of Otago, ChristchurchThe 2020 Roy...
2021-01-2847 minPsych MattersInterview with Professor John Allan: Balancing ambition and realism to address pandemic sequelaeOver the last few election cycles the RANZCP Board and its Presidents have pursued a conscious strategy of increasing efforts to communicate clear priorities to members and encouraging feedback on those priorities and other important issues. The COVID pandemic prevented delivery of the Presidential address as a centrepiece of the annual college congress, leading President John Allan to deliver an address at the virtual AGM in June. The address acknowledged the ongoing effects of the pandemic and the significant social disruption, but also highlighted the strong position of the RANZCP due to these years of strategic consolidation and the...
2021-01-0925 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Dr Wayne ReidIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Dr Wayne Reid. Dr Wayne Reid BA Psych (Hons). M.Psych., PhD. CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIADr Wayne Reid has a distinguished background in Clinical Neuropsychology. He gained his first degree in Psychology at the University of Reading (Berks) UK. In 1983 he completed an M.Psych at the University of Sydney and then a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney.His main areas of research have been in Parkinson’s disease and neurodegenerative disorders. In 1991 he was awarded a pre...
2021-01-031h 05Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Tony BroeIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Professor Tony Broe.Professor Tony Broe AM, BA, MB BS, FRACP, FACRMSenior Principal Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research AustraliaProfessor of Geriatric Medicine, University of NSWNeurologist and GeriatricianProfessor Tony Broe AM graduated in social sciences (Anthropology, Geography, History) and Medicine from the University of Sydney. He trained in General Medicine (MRACP 1966), Geriatric Medicine and Neurology (FRACP 1973) in Sydney, University of Glasgow and the Mayo Clinic (1966 to 1973). He was head of the University Clinical School and Neuroscience at Lidcombe Hospital (1975 to 1985...
2020-12-201h 07Psych MattersImproving patient and staff wellbeing with the Zero Suicide paradigmIn this episode of Psych Matters Dr Andrew Amos and his guests Dr Kathryn Turner and Dr Jessica Henry discuss how health services can approach suicide prevention, and support of health staff who care for people at risk of suicide. No individual cases are mentioned, but some listeners may find the topic confronting. If you are worried about your own or others' wellbeing you can find crisis contacts on the RANZCP'S "Your Health in Mind" website.https://www.yourhealthinmind.org/get-help/first-steps-to-get-helpTopic suggestion:If you have a...
2020-11-2947 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Emeritus Edmond ChiuIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Edmond Chiu.Professor Emeritus Edmond Chiu, AM; MBBS;DPM; FRANZCP; founded the Section (later Faculty) of Psychiatry of Old Age within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He held international leadership positions in Old Age Psychiatry as the President of the International Psychogeriatric Association and the Chair of the Section of Old Age Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association. In 1969 he was appointed to Australia'sfirst senior academic post in Old Age Psychiatry , retiring in 2004 from the University of Melbourne. He was awarded the...
2020-11-221h 04Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Marianne CumminsIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Marianne Cummins.Marianne Cummins is a Registered Nurse specialising in Gerontological and Older Person’s Mental Health (OPMH) nursing across Acute and Community Care settings. She is the current President of the Psychogeriatric Nurses Association Inc (PGNA) since 2019. Marianne has a long career in Gerontology and OPMH as Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) and Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC). Some of the positions held include managing the first Psychogeriatric Ward outside a Schedule 5 Hospital at Lidcombe Hospital, commissioning Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation units, and setting up the Psychogeriatric Service in Ce...
2020-11-081h 12Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Associate Professor Janine StevensonIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Janine Stevenson. Janine has combined her interests in old age psychiatry and psychotherapy in her research and practice over many years working in Sydney.Associate Professor Janine L Stevenson MB.BS (Hons 1) Sydney, M.M. (psychotherapy), PhD, FRANZCPAssociate Professor Stevenson has been in psychiatric practice now for over 38 years, working in adult and old age psychiatry. Recently retired from Medical Director of an Older Adult inpatient psychiatry unit as well as seeing outpatients for long-term psychotherapy.In addition to clinical work she has...
2020-10-2544 minPsych MattersPerinatal and Infant Mental Health and FathersThis episode of Psych Matters is the last of three episodes looking at perinatal and infant mental health. In this episode, Professor Anne Buist is joined by Dr Nick Kowalenko and Dr Matthew Roberts to discuss fathers during the perinatal period, their mental health challenges and the effects on the infant.References:SMS4dads provides new fathers with information and connections to online services through their mobile phones.www.sms4dads.comChildren of parents with mental illness - RANZCP Position Statement 56 - March 2016https://www.ranzcp...
2020-10-1847 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Gerard ByrneIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with Gerard Byrne who has been very prominent in developing old age mental health services and academia in Queensland. Gerard has had a long term prominent role in FPOA being a past Faculty Chair as well as a long term Chair of the POA advanced training committee.Professor Gerard Byrne BSc(Med) MBBS PhD FRANZCPGerard Byrne is an old age psychiatrist and the Mayne Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland. He is the Director of the Older Persons’ Mental Health Service at the Royal Br...
2020-10-1154 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor David AmesIn this interview Brian Draper speaks with David Ames who for over 30 years has combined clinical and research interests in old age psychiatry. He served as secretary of the Section of Psychiatry of Old Age in the early 1990s and was very active in the International Psychogeriatric Association. David was awarded a College Citation in 2017. Professor David Ames AO BA MD BS FRCPsych FRANZCP David Ames studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne and trained in psychiatry at Royal Melbourne, Friern and Royal Free Hospitals. His MD thesis (1989) concerned late life depression in residential...
2020-09-2747 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Henry BrodatyIn this interview, Brian Draper speaks with his colleague Henry Brodaty who in 1990 was the first person in Australia appointed to a Chair in Old Age Psychiatry (formerly Psychogeriatrics) at Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, through the University of NSW. Henry's work in developing the Prince Henry Hospital dementia carers program in the 1980s had enormous national and international influence in service development. Henry has always combined very high international quality research on dementia issues and old age mental health with his work as a clinician, teacher, administrator, and policy advocate. He received the Maddison Medal in 1977, the inaugural...
2020-09-1350 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Richard FlemingBrian Draper speaks with Richard Fleming who has been a strong advocate for improving the environments of institutions for the care of older people since his ground breaking work in co-designing the Confused and Disturbed Elderly (CADE) units in NSW in the 1980s. Subsequent work includes researching design principles in nursing homes and hospitals and the development of training programs for aged care workers.Professor Richard Fleming B.Tech (Hons); Dip.Clin.Psy.; PhD.Trained as a clinical psychologist in London and occupied the positions of Head of Psychology, Kenmore Hospital and Regional Coordinator...
2020-08-301h 03Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor Daniel O'ConnorDaniel O'Connor hails from New Zealand and in the 1980s worked in England with Sir Martin Roth in a ground breaking study of dementia in the community. He then moved to Melbourne in the early 1990s as the Foundation Chair in Old Age Psychiatry at Monash University. Subsequently he became Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age from 2005-2007. He was awarded a College Citation in 2012. Professor Daniel O'Connor MD FRANZCP Daniel O’Connor is Deputy Chief Psychiatrist, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria. He was until recently Professor of Old Ag...
2020-08-161h 16Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Dr Sid WilliamsBrian Draper speaks with Sid Williams who developed an old age psychiatry service at Lidcombe Hospital in the 1980s working alongside the geriatric medical services and including the first carer oriented multidisciplinary memory clinic in Australia. He received the RANZCP Ian Simpson Award in 2014.Dr Sid Williams MBBS, FRANZCP Sid Williams, formerly Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, had a prominent role in the renaissance of the Psychiatry of Old Age discipline in Australia, raising public and health professional awareness of dementia, other disorders of brain function, and facilitating education for health professionals...
2020-08-021h 06Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Dr Deborah KoderBrian Draper speaks with Deborah Koder who has specialised in clinical psychology with older people for over 30 years. She has been very active in the Australian Psychological Society older persons special interest group and has been involved in a number of clinical research projects.Dr Deborah Koder PhD, MCP, BScPsych Dr Deborah Koder is a clinical psychologist who has been working clinically with older adults for the past 30 years. She has taught and published in the area of applying cognitive behavior therapy to older adults with depression and anxiety, including those living with dementia. As...
2020-07-1941 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor John Snowdon - Part 2In the second part of the interview, John Snowdon talks about his interest in nursing home psychiatry and the transition of the Section of Psychiatry of Old Age into a Faculty under his leadership. John was awarded a College Citation in 2002.Professor John Snowdon M.D., M.Phil., FRANZCP, FRCPsych, FRACP A.MJohn Snowdon first worked in old age psychiatry in 1973. At Sydney’s Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospitals he became progressively more involved in psychiatric services for older people and in the community. In 1992 he was appointed director of psychogeriatric ser...
2020-07-0535 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthIntroducing Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthBrian Draper introduces the podcast Psych Matters: History of Old Age Mental Health.Professor Brian Draper MBBS MD FRANZCPProfessor (Conjoint), School of PsychiatryUniversity of NSW, Sydney, AustraliaBrian Draper is an old age psychiatrist and Conjoint Professor, School of Psychiatry, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. He is senior staff specialist, Older Persons’ Mental Health Service, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Neurosciences Research Australia. He is a past Board Member of the International Psychogeriatric Association and General Councillor, RANZCP; past Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of...
2020-06-2202 minPsych Matters: History of Old Age Mental HealthProfessor Brian Draper: Interview with Professor John Snowdon - Part 1Brian Draper speaks with John Snowdon about his early career in the UK and Australia and how he gravitated towards old age psychiatry. Professor John Snowdon M.D., M.Phil., FRANZCP, FRCPsych, FRACP A.MJohn Snowdon first worked in old age psychiatry in 1973. At Sydney’s Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospitals he became progressively more involved in psychiatric services for older people and in the community. In 1992 he was appointed director of psychogeriatric services in Central Sydney and Associate Professor (later promoted to Clinical Professor) at Sydney University. His MD was on...
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