At the 2016 APS Congress held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 13-16 September, the APS Public Interest team convened a forum to discuss and showcase the valuable application of a Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) approach in everyday psychological pra...

Published May 2017

APS College Awards of Distinction APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Dr Jennie Ponsford Jennie is Professor of Neuropsychology and Director of Clinical Programs in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University and Director of Monash-Epworth Rehabil...

Published May 2019

The act of playing games, through consoles and increasingly through the internet, has a long history but little research has looked at the psychological impact of gaming. As researchers continue to explore this area, both positive and negative outcomes of gaming are emerging, ...

Published Apr 2018

Over the past three years I have been working with Match Studio, and design lecturers at the University of South Australia to challenge third year communication and design students to interpret and communicate mental health related topics in innovative and creative ways in a p...

Published Jul 2018

Each year the APS recognises members who have made outstanding contributions to the APS and to the advancement of psychological knowledge or practice by electing them as Fellows of the Society. This year thirteen members were elected as APS Fellows at the 2010 APS Annual Gener...

Published Jun 2017

Primary headaches: A special case of chronic pain Headaches by definition are pain in the head (or to use the technical terminology, ‘pain located above the orbitomeatal line’) and hence it seems logical that frequent headaches experienced over a long period should fit into...

Published May 2017

The first Odyssey House opened in New York in 1966 as a residential rehabilitation program for people with a drug or alcohol addiction. The program was founded on the ancient idea of a therapeutic community. Central to Odyssey House’s philosophy is the belief that a new, drug-...

Published Jun 2017

As part of its election platform, the Coalition Government has pledged to undertake a comprehensive review of all Commonwealth-funded mental health programs to ensure service delivery is targeted to those most in need and funding is provided to programs that have been prov...

Published Jun 2017

While the efficacy of antipsychotic medication in improving outcomes among people with serious and persistent psychotic disorders is well established, non-adherence with psychiatric medication is common and is associated with an increase in rehospitalisation and poorer outcome...

Published Jun 2017

Premenstrual change is experienced by up to 90 per cent of women, with up to 40 per cent experiencing moderate distress, categorised as premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and two to five per cent experiencing severe distress and disruption to their lives, categorised as premenstrual ...

Published Jul 2017