Social anxiety disorder left untreated may have profound implications for an individual’s life. I became interested in treating social anxiety at the beginning of my career when I encountered a young adult with schizophrenia who was unemployed, socially isolated and living at ...

Published Nov 2020

With an ageing population, the number of people living with dementia is set to rise sharply. More than 450,000 Australians are living with dementia right now, and this number is expected to grow to over 1 million by 2050 (Brown et al., 2017). Dementia (or major neurocognitive ...

Published Jan 2021

Last reviewed Sep 2021

Psychology for a healthy nation 8–12 October 2013, Cairns Convention Centre, Far North Queensland Join us in Cairns for this wonderful opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge, hear about the latest developments in psychology, meet like-minded colleagues, consult wit...

Published Jun 2017

Performing to a high level in sport and the performing arts requires a positive mindset, which is critical to success in any endeavour involving skill and challenge. There is a psychological model that helps us to understand how finding the right mix of challenges and skills i...

Published Jun 2017

Common features of cognition and temperament associated with both creative potential and psychotic disorders have been well researched, but alongside these identified similarities there has been little analysis of the differences between highly creative individuals and those ...

Published Jun 2017

Sleep is a building block essential for our physical and mental wellbeing, potentially providing a period of restoration but also a time when we do not have to think, feel or act. However, when sleep is disrupted the result may be one of feeling tired, grumpy and cheated, wher...

Published Jun 2017

Simon Crowe was awarded the 2013 APS Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award for his outstanding contributions to teaching at all levels of the psychology curriculum, from the secondary school level through to undergraduate and postgraduate lecturing and su...

Published Jun 2017

New guidelines for psychologists The past two years have been challenging for us all and traumatic for many. The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated hardships, combined with other recent disasters such as drought and bushfires, have led to significant levels of psychologic...

Published Dec 2021

Prevalent, but often difficult to pin down Specific learning disability (SLD) is the most prevalent of the neurodevelopmental disorders. It is commonly known as phonological dyslexia, which means, ‘a disorder of reading and spelling’, but this makes up only one component of...

Published Dec 2021