Australian Psychiatry Review

By Dr Andrew Amos

What's Australian Psychiatry Review about?

Australian Psychiatry Review is a monthly podcast which collects news, reviews, and research from the major Australian and international journals of psychiatry, and notes significant papers of interest to psychiatric doctors in general medical journals.

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Australian Psychiatry Review episodes:

04.25.2014
May 2014
Highlights of the literature in May include articles on the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Australia, major reviews of psychological interventions in psychosis in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a special issue of Biological Psychiatry describing the boundaries between neurology...
04.01.2014
April 2014
Highlights of the literature in April include debate over whether CBT for psychosis has been oversold, calls for an end to the use of the phrase schizophrenia as an increasingly inaccurate anachronism, exploration of the overinclusive concept of bipolar spectrum...
03.05.2014
March 2014
Highlights of the literature in March include include evidence from a case series that sleep deprivation and bright light therapy may rapidly improve depressive symptoms and suicidality of patients with severe bipolar depression; a systematic review which shows that modern...
02.07.2014
February 2014
Highlights of the literature in February include ongoing dissection of the prospects for the ICD-11 in the ANZJP, with multiple commentaries suggesting the forthcoming edition appears unlikely to improve upon existing nosologies. The ANZJP also includes a proposal for systemic...
01.13.2014
January 2014 Transcript
Text and references for the January 2014 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
01.07.2014
January 2014
In January Australian Psychiatry Review closes with a focus section on illicit substance induced psychosis. Highlights from the literature include the ANZJP’s announcement of a series looking forward to the ICD-11, alongside the research plans of the winners of John...
12.19.2013
December 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the December 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
12.05.2013
December 2013
In December Australian Psychiatry Review includes a focus section on early intervention in psychosis. Other highlights of the psychiatric literature this month include a collection of articles on the role of inflammation and autoimmune antibodies in psychiatric illness in the...
11.09.2013
November 2013
In November Australian Psychiatry Review features a focus section on psychiatric genetics, rejuvenated by recent replications of genome-wide association studies. Other highlights of the literature reviewed this month include Atigari and Healy’s suggestion that the proconvulsant effects of clozapine. lithium,...
10.11.2013
October 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the October 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
10.11.2013
November 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the November 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
10.07.2013
October 2013
In October Australian Psychiatry Review features a focus section on cerebral organoids, an exciting new technique for exploring neurodevelopmental processes using cells taken from adults. The literature review includes Gin Malhi’s critique of the poorly defined and variably implemented diagnosis...
09.03.2013
September 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the September 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
09.02.2013
September 2013
In September Australian Psychiatry Review features an outline of the use of optogenetics in psychiatry research. Other highlights include debate in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry over the legal and clinical basis of abortion justified by increased...
08.09.2013
August 2013
In August Australian Psychiatry Review features a summary of psychosis research over the last year. Other highlights include a summary of evidence on the rapid antidepressant properties of ketamine, research that suggests sub threshold psychotic experiences are non-specific risk factors,...
07.02.2013
July 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the July 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
07.02.2013
July 2013
In July Australian Psychiatry Review debuts a monthly focus section associated with an online quiz. The quiz can be found at http://australianpsychiatryreview.com/podcasts/DSM5.html. Other highlights include research linking the mysterious process of tardive dyskinesia to reduced grey matter in the basal...
07.02.2013
August 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the August 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
06.03.2013
June 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the June 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
06.03.2013
June 2013
In June the international psychiatric literature includes interesting articles on psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia, forensic examination of Anders Behring Breivik, and the loss of frontal lobe tissue during relapse in schizophrenia. Check out our and pages!
05.25.2013
May 2013 Transcript
Text and references for the May 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
05.13.2013
May 2013
In May the international psychiatric literature includes interesting articles on forensic psychiatry, and the interaction between media, mass shootings, and public opinion of gun control laws in the US.
04.11.2013
April 2013 Notes
Text and references for the April 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
04.11.2013
April 2013
In April the international psychiatric literature debates the bereavement exclusion criterion of depression, a successful use of telemedicine for depressed patients in underserved rural areas of the US, and deep brain stimulation of treatment refractory anorexia.
03.17.2013
March 2013 Notes
Text and references for the March 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
03.17.2013
March 2013
In March the international psychiatric literature examines metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia Bulletin celebrates the 100th anniversary of publication of Jaspers' General Psychopathology.
02.11.2013
February 2013 Notes
Text and references for the February 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
02.10.2013
February 2013
In February the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry examines mobile and internet services for mental health, and Australasian Psychiatry records the 50th anniversary of the RANZCP and the 20th anniversary of the journal.
01.13.2013
January 2013 Notes
Text and references for the January 2013 Australian Psychiatry Review podcast.
01.13.2013
January 2013
In January the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and the American Journal of Psychiatry look forward to the release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V in May 2013.
12.24.2012
December 2012
This month the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry examines the relationship between substance abuse and psychosis, with clinical articles regarding depression, anorexia nervosa, and the use of online resources and social media in early psychosis. Australasian Psychiatry has...
12.07.2012
November 2012
Highlights of today's episode include summaries of research on mood disorders in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, efforts to improve the validity of psychiatric diagnoses in children in the American Journal of Psychiatry, and a special issue...
11.09.2012
October 2012
Summary of news, reviews, and research of interest to psychiatric doctors for the month of October 2012.
10.05.2012
August 2012
Summary of news, reviews, and research of interest to psychiatric doctors for the month of August 2012.
10.05.2012
September 2012
Summary of news, reviews, and research of interest to psychiatric doctors for the month of September 2012.

What's Australian Psychiatry Review about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Australian Psychiatry Review episodes:

May 2014

April 2014

March 2014

February 2014

January 2014 Transcript

January 2014

December 2013 Transcript

December 2013

November 2013

October 2013 Transcript

November 2013 Transcript

October 2013

September 2013 Transcript

September 2013

August 2013

July 2013 Transcript

July 2013

August 2013 Transcript

June 2013 Transcript

June 2013

May 2013 Transcript

May 2013

April 2013 Notes

April 2013

March 2013 Notes

March 2013

February 2013 Notes

February 2013

January 2013 Notes

January 2013

December 2012

November 2012

October 2012

August 2012

September 2012