by NAPP Executive | Aug 20, 2025 | News, Resources
Medical Benefits Scheme – Items for Telehealth Consultations for Private Hospital Inpatients Dear MBS Clinical Policy Section, the National Association of practising psychiatrists has taken the viewpoints of our members, particularly those who look after private...
by NAPP Executive | Jul 29, 2025 | Media Release, News
Several state governments are liberalising the prescription of stimulant medications for attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder in children and adults. Most states have a restriction that the medications can only be instituted by paediatricians or...
by NAPP Executive | Jun 8, 2025 | Media Release, News
Gender dysphoria/incongruence in young people is a contested area of medical practice. The National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP) Guide avoids political, social, religious and ideological positions. Updated version June 2025 Gender...
by NAPP Executive | Jun 5, 2025 | News, Resources
In thinking about the NSW public mental health crisis, one aspect that needs to be considered is the consequences of de-institutionalisation and ‘mainstreaming’. Please see below. Rebuilding Residential Psychiatric Care: Revisiting the Consequences of...
by NAPP Support | Apr 9, 2025 | News, Resources
On Friday, 14 March 2025, a landmark seminar titled The Future of Youth Gender Medicine was held at New South Wales Parliament House. The event brought together a distinguished panel of seven speakers, each representing a field critical to the discussion of youth...
by NAPP Executive | Jan 20, 2025 | News
The RANZCP has just released the summary findings of the commissioned work on the role of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for mood disorders completed by the Anna Freud Centre in the UK.  “The key findings outlined below underscore the potential of LTPP...
