Dementia is the most common threat to loss of legal capacity among the elderly, although other conditions giving rise to brain injury such as a stroke may also impact upon capacity. A diagnosis of dementia is not evidence that a person lacks capacity. Whilst the progression of...

Published Nov 2017

PsyBA-approved Supervisor refresher training Master class (Part 4) has been developed for psychologists who want to maintain their status as a Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA)-approved supervisor (principal or secondary).  Psychologists who are not currently a PsyBA...

The Psychology Board of Australia Code of Conduct came into effect for all registered psychologists practicing in Australia on 1 Dec 2025.  The following resource will be updated to align with the new Code of Conduct. This resource should be read in conjunction with the Code o...

Last reviewed Jan 2026

Despite the fact that it was first described in the psychiatric literature more than 100 years ago, it is only in the past 25 years that compulsive buying disorder has begun to be researched. Among the initial papers, a 1994 paper by McElroy, Keck, Pope, Smith and Strakowsk...

Published Aug 2017

Recently there has been a great deal of media interest in suggestions of serious long-term health effects in former United States National Football League (NFL) footballers, resulting from concussion in their playing days. Some commentators have described the incidence of post...

Published Jun 2017

The context Western Australia’s Department of Education, employs over 300 school psychologist FTE, equating to 400 psychologists, providing services to students (Kindergarten to Year 12) across 800 public metropolitan, regional and remote schools. The School Psychology ...

Published May 2017

An election for the APS President-Elect and two General Director positions on the APS Board of Directors was held by postal ballot and electronic voting, and the results were declared at the 2013 APS AGM in October. The successful candidate for the President-Elect is Professor...

Published Jun 2017

As part of the APS’s commitment to meeting the needs and expectations of members, the APS conducts a large scale member satisfaction survey at the end of each calendar year. The 2016 APS member satisfaction survey was conducted online over a two week period in December with 23...

Published Jul 2017

The first anniversary of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in July this year has provided a timely opportunity to review the impact, implications and challenges of the roll-out of the Scheme across trial sites for consumers and for service providers, particularly...

Published Jun 2017

PsyBA-approved Supervisor refresher training Master class (Part 4) has been developed for psychologists who want to maintain their status as a Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA)-approved supervisor (principal or secondary).  Psychologists who are not currently a PsyBA...