Psychology meeting society’s challenges 30 September – 3 October 2014, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart Join us on the picturesque waterfront in historic Hobart for this wonderful opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge, hear about the latest developments in psycholog...

Published Jun 2017

Dance classes may be an effective element of rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s disease. Dance is showing promise as an intervention for symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), including improving motor symptoms such as balance, gait and coordination. It is not yet cl...

Last reviewed Dec 2019

For several years it has been widely reported in the media that Australia is in the grips of an ice epidemic. Within the past three years, the opinion of the average Australian household has come to rate methamphetamines as the drug of most concern (National Drug Strategy Hous...

Published Oct 2017

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

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