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

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems - Mahatma Ghandi If you join the group of public sector psychologists practicing clinically in public health settings, there is a curious thing you will no...

Published May 2017

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), launched on the 1 July 2013, aims to provide community linking and individualised support for people with permanent and significant disability, their families and carers. It represents a new way of providing support for peopl...

Last reviewed Aug 2018

The newly released Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder provide an updated and revised version of the Australian guidelines which were released in 2007. Over the past six years there has been ongoing research, inves...

Published Jun 2017

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), first created by the Federal Government in 1995, is Australia’s single national system of descriptors, guidelines and protocols for qualifications issued across education and training sectors, including higher education, vocationa...

Published Jul 2017

New motherhood is a challenging time for many women. More than 1 in 10 women experience a clinically significant depression in the first year postpartum and a similar incidence has been reported during pregnancy. This has been consistently found both in Australia and around th...

Published Nov 2017

Family psychoeducation (FPE) interventions have been shown to reduce relapse rates and symptom levels and improve the social participation of people living with severe and persistent psychotic disorders. Although less known amongst psychologists, FPE has a well established evi...

Published Jun 2017

Background The Australian Government’s Response to the Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services (November 2015) indicated that 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs) will play a key role in the reform process through the planning and commissioning of primary mental health...

Published May 2017

Last reviewed Jun 2023

Currently, there is a plethora of screening tools and questionnaires to assess suicide risk. However, none of the existing instruments seem to constitute a reliable aid for suicide prediction. Fluctuations in suicide ideation represent a clear obstacle to evaluation through a ...

Published Jul 2019