by Gerald | Aug 17, 2019 | News
Originally reported New Daily Euan Black One in five young women in Australia is suffering from diagnosed depression or anxiety, according to new data from the University of Melbourne. The university’s latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in...
by Gerald | Jul 19, 2019 | News
Originally Posted ABC New – Zalika Rizmal Georgia Harraway-Jones spent months “in limbo” as one of about 300,000 Victorians falling through the gaps in the mental health system. The 20-year-old was diagnosed with an eating disorder, depression and...
by Gerald | Apr 17, 2019 | News
Originally Posted ABC News – Olivia Wills Health experts say a cornerstone of Australia’s mental health system, which costs more than $800 million a year, is “inequitable”, under-scrutinised and in need of urgent reform. The Better Access...
by Gerald | Feb 14, 2019 | News
Dear NAPP members, Please find below a link to an article on the suicide death of Dr Chloe Abbott. NAPP has been a public critic of the current mandatory reporting rules, which discourage medical students and other doctors from seeking help....
by Stephen Milgate | Sep 27, 2018 | News
Vale Dr Bruce Dalway Shepherd, AM (26/10/1932 – 25/05/2018) Bruce Dalway Shepherd was born at the height of the Great Depression on 26/10/1932 in the NSW country town of Tamworth. It was a difficult birth. His mother Mary (a former trainee nurse at the Coast Hospital...
by Gerald | Sep 26, 2018 | News
TO ALL AUSTRALIAN PSYCHIATRISTS, REGISTRARS AND TRAINEES Dear Colleagues Since our inception in 1996, The National Association of Practicing Psychiatrists (NAPP) has worked tirelessly to safeguard conditions for doctors and patients, from potential negative changes to...
