Professional practice

June 2010 | Kylie Murphy, et al.

The APS has recently revised and updated a review of evidence-based interventions for mental disorders, which was first undertaken and published by the APS in 2003 to support the Federal Government's Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care program. The revised Evidence-based psychological...

April 2010 | Jeanette Jifkins

The APS receives a significant number of enquiries from psychologists concerned about their level of responsibility to report situations where they have knowledge that children, and other vulnerable groups such as older adults or people with intellectual disabilities, may be at risk of being...

April 2010 | Associate Professor Robert King, et al.

The current issue of American Psychologist includes an article by Jonathan Shedler, an associate professor at the University of Colorado, titled ‘The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy' (Shedler, 2010). The publication of this article signals a growing recognition within the...

April 2010 | David Stokes

Recommendation 120: National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, 2009We recommend that the Commonwealth Government mandate that the payment of public and private benefits for all health and aged care services depend upon the ability to accept and provide data to patients, their authorised...

April 2010 | Mick Symons

Many members will be aware that, under the new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS), all registered psychologists will be required to have professional indemnity (PI) insurance. As the Scheme is due to be implemented on 1 July 2010, those practitioners who do not already have PI...

February 2010 | Jeanette Jifkins

In-house legal counsel, National OfficeAssessment and treatment services that psychologists provide on behalf of a third party (i.e., services paid for by an organisation rather than the client) have many associated complexities. These psychological services include compensable services (paid for...

February 2010 | Dr Rebecca Mathews

In the past couple of months the APS has been contacted by a number of members who have been audited by Medicare Australia. Some have received notices requesting repayment of thousands of dollars for sessions provided that have been deemed to be non-compliant with Medicare regulations.A number of...

February 2010 | Professor John O'Gorman

Psychology is a diverse profession - it has been since its inception - and it will necessarily continue to be given the increasing specialisation of its knowledge and practice base. The APS currently recognises through its College system nine specialist areas of practice: clinical, clinical...

It can be challenging for people living in rural and remote Australia to access Medicare-rebateable psychological services. While the psychology workforce is better represented in rural and remote Australia than many other mental health professions, we still struggle to meet the high level of...