Psychologists running their own businesses inevitably come up against the issue of clients not paying their fees on time for a variety of reasons, such as illness, loss of job, sudden travel or dissatisfaction with the service. Psychologists are usually sympathetic to the f...

Last reviewed Jan 2024

Caring for someone with dementia is one of the hardest roles. Given the evidence that the Australian population is ageing, the incidence of dementia is likely to increase and so is the need for carers. Neuropsychological assessment can assist not only in the diagnosis of demen...

Published Jun 2017

A number of APS Interest Groups offer awards each year that encourage and recognise excellence in the psychological area relevant to the Interest Group. The 2015 recipients are profiled below. ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES AND PSYCHOLOGY INTEREST GROUP In...

Published May 2017

Perinatal grief is of a different nature to other grief such as that following the death of an elderly parent or a long-term spouse. It is defined as the grief that parents experience after the death of a baby during pregnancy, birth or the first month after their birth, whic...

Published Aug 2017

The Prize is awarded to each student who gains first place at the end of an accredited fourth year program in psychology through an Australian higher education provider. Freya Hanly Australian Catholic University Thesis title – Choosing to be blue: A study of contra-h...

Published Oct 2017

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that can develop following exposure to a potentially traumatic event (PTE), that is, one that involves exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence. Re-experiencing the trauma in the ...

Published Jun 2017

Youth involved in the justice system typically present with a range of systemic issues that underpins their offending behaviour. They are often from the most disenfranchised and impoverished backgrounds that have been influenced by transgenerational trauma. Their individual n...

Published Jun 2017

Moving beyond cultural competence As an Aboriginal psychologist, who for some years has worked out of an Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) in northwest New South Wales, I have often had people referred to me after they requested to see an Aboriginal psychologist. My first th...

Published Mar 2021

Sifting through chronic and severe conditions with understanding, predictions and flexible planning Often misunderstood or underestimated, so-called ‘dirty’ neuropsychology plays an important role in predicting outcomes and establishing treatment plans for patients with sev...

Published Dec 2021

APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Elizabeth Mullaly Elizabeth has been a neuropsychologist for 35 years, and currently works in private practice and as a senior neuropsychologist at the Caulfield Hospital Memory Clinic. She has previously worked as a senior mana...

Last reviewed Apr 2020