by Gerald | Sep 28, 2020 | Media Release, News
The National Association of Practising Psychiatrists is opposed to the proposed legislation (Covid-19 [Emergency Measures] Act 2020 Bill) in Victoria that gives unfettered powers of detention to ‘authorised officers’ who are not sworn members of the Victoria Police...
by Gerald | Aug 26, 2020 | News
Originally Posted The Canberra Timesby Patrick Parkinson & Philip Morris The Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill, introduced into the ACT Assembly a couple of weeks ago, has become embroiled in controversy. It arises out of lobbying by members...
by Gerald | Aug 25, 2020 | News
A number of states (Queensland, Victoria) and territories (ACT) are introducing legislation to outlaw conversion therapies that aim to force individuals to change sexual orientation or gender preference. None of these methods have been used in the medical profession...
by Gerald | Aug 4, 2020 | News
Originally Post The Guardian Research suggests more than half experience PTSD, anxiety, insomnia, depression or compulsive symptoms More than half of people who received hospital treatment for Covid-19 were found to be suffering from a psychiatric disorder a month...
by Gerald | Jul 16, 2020 | News, Reports
This paper is an update of the paper Children and young people seeking and obtaining treatment for gender dysphoria in Australia: Trends by state over time (2014-2019) (Kenny, 2019) presented to the Forum at the NSW Parliament in 2019 covering the years 2014-2018....
by Gerald | Jun 3, 2020 | News
I suspect the fear generated by massive numbers of deaths from Covid-19 pandemic, and severe illnesses with subsequent malfunction, results in inability to cope with the reality of this pandemic, poor decision making by many national leaders and denial by many of the...
