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A chronic disease management or rehabilitation approach to dementia
Australia's population is ageing and over the next 20 years the number of people with dementia is predicted to more than double. Early diagnosis and intervention has been shown to improve the quality of life for people with dementia, as well as for family members and carers. The House of...
Public disclosure of payments to doctors from drug companies – 2014 update
Public Disclosure of Payments to Doctors from Drug Companies By Prof Philip Morris I note a newspaper report in The Australian on 18/2/12, recorded that, ‘GlaxoSmithKline’ drug company has stepped up it’s push for greater disclosure of industry payments to doctors, warning research shows the...
Responding to nationwide psychological trauma (Powerpoint presentation)
Responding to nationwide psychological trauma
Assessing memory loss
Am I losing my memory Doc? Over the next few years this will be a question many doctors will hear from patients. And some of us will perhaps ask this of ourselves! As the leading edge of the ‘baby boomer’ generation moves through their 60’s and 70’s many of them will start to wonder if memory...
Predicting who will get dementia
Will I lose my marbles doc? Many doctors will hear this question from anxious patients over the next few years. People want to know if they face the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease as they grow older. The ‘Baby Boomer’ generation is now starting to retire and large numbers of Australians...
The Australian Mental Health Crisis: A system failure in need of treatment
Australia has a mental health crisis. Despite a number of national mental health plans and a decade of changes to public mental health services, individuals, patients, families, carers and support groups from all around Australia are saying that the care of mentally ill individuals is a...
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists – Response to recent Governance Review
This Governance Review offers nothing new of substance. Nothing at least that will make the College leadership and administration more accountable to the members. It just renames two College bodies - the current leadership cabal of president, president-elect, treasurer, secretary, immediate past...
‘Senior Active’ Medical Practitioner Registration or Transition to Retirement Registration
We have a concerning situation regarding older doctors who wish to give up full time practice but who want to continue to contribute to the profession as ‘senior active’ doctors. I have written a proposal below that addresses this issue. I would be very grateful for your support for this...
Norway’s trauma
The vast majority of mentally ill people are of no risk to the rest of the population. Individuals with psychiatric problems are frequently anxious, withdrawn, shy and avoidant. They are hardly individuals likely to engage in threatening behavior. I raise this observation because now emerging is...
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