Psych Matters

Mood Disorders Update with The Anna Freud Centre

April 11, 2024 14:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

In this episode, facilitated by Professor Bruce Singh AM, The Anna Freud Centre in the UK outline the work they are undertaking on behalf of the College to conduct an independent external review of the evidence for long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for the treatment of mood disorders. The key components of the review are discussed, including systematic reviews of both quantitative and qualitative literature, and plans to conduct one-to-one interviews with health professionals and people ...

Introduction to the new team of Australasian Psychiatry

April 04, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

This episode gives you a brief overview of the vision and goals for the Australasian Psychiatry journal in discussion with its new editorial team, hosted by Jeffrey Looi, Samantha Loi, Sharon Reutens and Tarun Bastiampillai. They discuss the importance of promoting academia and scholarly projects, encouraging debate, and exploring policy and international perspectives. They also highlight the significance of psychiatry in the context of social sciences and the need for civilized discourse i...

"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - Dr Jacqueline Rakov

March 28, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they...

"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - Prof Kay Wilhelm

March 21, 2024 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they...

"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - Prof Colleen Loo

March 14, 2024 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they...

"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - A/Prof Carolyn Quadrio

March 07, 2024 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they...

"Sheroes" in Psychiatry - A/Prof Melanie Turner

February 29, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB

"Sheroes in Psychiatry" is an initiative of the Women in Psychiatry (WIP group). Sairee Chahal coined SHEROES in 1999 to denote "woman entrepreneur." WIP group selected the term "Sheroes" as a fitting term for every FRANZCP woman psychiatrist. By doing this podcast series, WIP aims to support and celebrate the work of Women psychiatrists. Their mission is to share the unique stories of this extraordinary group of women with the audience. The podcast plans to focus on who they are, where they...

An Insight into Leadership and Management in Psychiatry

February 15, 2024 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

This is a 2 part episode of podcasts with leading Australian and New Zealand psychiatrists developed by the RANZCP Section of Leadership and Management. The following discussions hosted by Associate Professor Robert Parker (Chair of SLAM) aims to encourage and inform Early Career and other psychiatrists in pursuit of a career in Leadership and Management. Dr. Peggy Brown AO is currently one of three Commissioners appointed to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. She fo...

Voluntary Assisted Dying and Complex Grief

February 01, 2024 13:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

Life throws up a lot of options, challenges and choices and death comes to us all. Voluntary assisted dying is an end of life option for a small number of people in Australia but has brought about a lot of conversation and debate. In this podcast Associate Professor Melanie Turner who is a psychiatrist and also the presiding in member of the Voluntary assisted dying Review Board of South Australia speaks to Dr Ava Carter about assisted dying. VAD started on January 31 2023 in South Austr...

Women in Rural Psychiatry

January 18, 2024 13:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

In this episode, a group of women psychiatrists working across rural and remote Australia and New Zealand talk about their experiences. The main points covered were: what attracted them to the work, the benefits and what have they gained from their experience, how their careers have developed, their family’s experience, the motivations to continue working rurally or moving back to urban settings, and finally their advice for other women interested in rural psychiatry. Dr Selamawit Mulholla...

Old Age Psychiatry

January 04, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

This Podcast recorded live at the Perth RANZCP Congress discusses research in Old Age Psychiatry presented in a free paper session. A/Prof Gary Cheung (Dementia prevalence and treatment in Maori and non-Maori), Dr Alok Rana and Dr Sandeep Reelh (Assessing dementia underdiagnosis: screening, diagnosis, and management of cognitive impairment/dementia at the Mackay Base Hospital) discuss their respective research projects, findings, clinical and policy implications with the host, A/Prof Jeffrey...

End of Year Message 2023

December 21, 2023 13:00 - 52 seconds - 666 KB

As 2023 draws to a close, the Psych Matters team: David and Nishta, would like to thank you for your support during the year. We hope that you’ve enjoyed the many topics presented during 2023, and we look forward to bringing many more to you in 2024. We would especially like to thank College members and others who have generously given their time to develop and present Psych Matters. We’ll be back on the 5th of January with the next episode of Psych Matters. Feedback: If you have a topic...

Mindfulness and Wellbeing for Staff in Healthcare

December 07, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

In this episode of Psych Matters, doctors Maura Kenny and Linda Kader engage in conversation about the need for staff wellbeing to be a priority for healthcare settings. They also touch upon a number of issues in the healthcare industry which are crucial to explore systematically and understand ways to address to create a sustainable transformative work culture, whereby excellent care provision is there for patients, and at the same time a thriving team of staff delivering such care. Dr Ma...

An Update on Treatments for OCD

November 23, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

This podcast covers the content of a workshop held at the RANZCP Perth Congress 2023. There is a discussion about the nosological status of OCD; a review of controversies and advances in psychological and pharmacological treatments; a discussion of neuromodulation (including TMS and DBS); and finally the potential role of psychedelic assisted therapy for OCD. Prof David Castle is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Tasmania; and Co-Director, Tasmanian Centre f...

Reflections on a decade as the editor of Australasian Psychiatry – Interview with Professor Vlasios Brakoulias

November 09, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Professor Vlasios Brakoulias is stepping down after a decade as the Editor of Australasian Psychiatry, during which the journal’s impact factor has doubled, the editorial board has greatly and inclusively expanded, and there have been a host of broad-ranging and high-quality papers on the science and art of psychiatry. In this podcast, Professor Brakoulias is interviewed by Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi about his reflections and experiences as Editor of the journal. Professor Vlasios Bra...

Younger Onset Dementias

October 26, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Young onset dementias, including frontal lobe dementias, are dementias that occur in people less than 65 years old. This episode discusses the challenges in diagnosing dementia in younger people, investigations including neuroimaging and cognitive testing and potential red-flags that might lead the general psychiatrist to consider a dementia diagnosis when reviewing middle-aged adults with psychiatric symptoms and conditions. A/Prof Samantha Loi is an old age psychiatrist and clinical rese...

Lived Experience of Intellectual Disability and Domestic Violence: Episode 2

October 12, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

This series of two podcasts explores the effective communication strategies Psychiatrists could use with their patients, and the impacts of domestic violence on patients with intellectual disability. Episode 2 focuses more on Lachlan's experience with domestic violence and the added complexity in treatment, family, and communication. Dr Dan Mirmilstein is a loving dad and husband, avid meditator, superhero fan and Lego enthusiast. He works as a psychiatry consultant in a major metropolitan ...

Lived Experience of Intellectual Disability and Domestic Violence: Episode 1

September 28, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

This series of two podcasts explores the effective communication strategies Psychiatrists could use with their patients, and the impacts of domestic violence on patients with intellectual disability. Episode 1 is an introduction to Lachlan Sayer and his experiences living with intellectual disability and interactions with Psychiatrists. Dr Dan Mirmilstein is a loving dad and husband, avid meditator, superhero fan and Lego enthusiast. He works as a psychiatry consultant in a major metropolit...

Psychiatrist and trainee burnout

September 14, 2023 14:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

In this episode senior trainees Dr Ava Carter, Dr Matthew Brazel and A/Prof Jeffrey Looi discuss trainee and psychiatrist burnout. The episode covers the definition, research on burnout in Trainee and Psychiatrists, as well as the broader literature, medical student and career experiences, and evidence-based management. The podcast is based on a paper co-authored, with Professors Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Steve Kisely, Jeffrey Looi and Drs Paul Maguire and Matthew Brazel. Dr Ava...

Paediatric Intellectual Disability in Academia and Policy

August 31, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MB

Intellectual Disability (ID) in children is characterised by significant difficulties in both intellectual functioning (e.g. understanding and communicating, memory and executive functioning, learning, problem solving) and adaptive behaviour (e.g. activities of daily living and everyday routines and social skills). To help those with ID reach their full potential, early identification and intervention are critical. Since they are more likely to have additional disabilities and/or co-morbid ...

Lived Experience of Psychiatrists

August 17, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB

Doctors Israel Berger, Vidya Narayan, and Kieran Allen discuss their lived experience of mental illness and how mental illness affects doctors. They address the issues of suicidality amongst healthcare workers, particularly psychiatrists and SIMGs, how to seek help, regulatory concerns, managing confidentiality, and inpatient admissions. They speak about their own experiences of mental illness and seeking support in addition to general issues. Dr Israel Berger is a final year Child & Adoles...

Maori Experiences of Intellectual Disability

August 03, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu. Adorn the bird with feather and they will fly. Dr Hinemoa Elder. Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāpuhi. In this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Hinemoa Elder begins with a broad background related to Māori concepts of disability including those of 'Tangata Whaikaha' and 'Whānau Hauā’. The discussion includes Māori levels of need, and mātauranga Māori, Māori knowledge systems about Hinengaro or Female deity of Mind. Specific examples of approaches which are...

Doctors' Wellbeing

July 20, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

Hand-n-Hand (Helping Australian & New Zealand Nurses and Doctors) was founded in March 2020 in far north QLD. Initially a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing emotional burden that came with it, we have been amazed with the speed and enthusiasm with which peer support has been adopted. Today, hundreds of participants and volunteer facilitators have signed up to be a part of the growing peer support movement, from just about every healthcare profession imaginable. What we quickly...

Doctor's Wellbeing

July 20, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

Hand-n-Hand (Helping Australian & New Zealand Nurses and Doctors) was founded in March 2020 in far north QLD. Initially a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing emotional burden that came with it, we have been amazed with the speed and enthusiasm with which peer support has been adopted. Today, hundreds of participants and volunteer facilitators have signed up to be a part of the growing peer support movement, from just about every healthcare profession imaginable. What we quickly...

Cognitive Impairment of Mood Disorders

July 06, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Cognitive impairment is a core feature of mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) and is evident across a range of domains (memory, executive function, attention, processing speed). Research shows that cognitive impairment persists into recovery and relates to problems in occupational and psychosocial functioning. International task forces have thus identified cognition as an important treatment target in mood disorders, in attempting to improve overall recovery for people with mood...

Perspectives on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in clinical practice

June 22, 2023 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB

In this episode, Professor Richard Harvey is in conversation with Professor David Castle (University of Tasmania) and Associate Professor Lynette Averill (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston and Yale School of Medicine) to discuss their perspectives on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in clinical practice. Professor Richard Harvey has been a consultant psychiatrist since 1998. He trained in the UK and migrated to Australia in 2003. He has held a variety of clinical positions in public and...

Regional and Rural Academic Psychiatry

June 08, 2023 14:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

It is well known that rural/regional Australians face greater health and mental health burdens at the same time as lower levels of service access. Dispersed populations and lower levels of research infrastructure are barriers to rural/regionally based academic psychiatrists. Nevertheless, opportunities exist for those willing to follow the dictum "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Dr Andrew Amos, leads a discussion of the realized and potential opportunities for successful...

Loneliness and Mental Health

June 01, 2023 14:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MB

While all people may experience the detrimental impacts of loneliness, there are unique health and social impacts of loneliness and social isolation for people with mental health conditions and their families/whānau/carers. They are at higher risk of experiencing loneliness and social isolation and its associated stigma can be a key factor in impeding recovery for people with mental illness. The RANZCP’s Community Collaboration Committee (CCC) with Lived Experience Australia has created this...

Psychosocial Rehabilitation

May 25, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

This episode of Psych Matters explores Psychosocial Rehabilitation within a recovery oriented service system. The esteemed panel includes A/Prof Stephen Parker, A/Prof Frances Dark, Dr Catherine Brasier, and Will McKinlay. Through their discussion they provide us the great opportunity to learn not only clinical perspectives but also from lived experience perspectives about rehabilitation and what role it plays. A/Prof Stephen Parker is the Director, Research at Metro North Mental Health in...

A sceptic's look at the use of psychedelics

May 11, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

In this episode of Psych Matters, A/Prof Suresh Muthukumaraswamy and Dr Chiranth Bhagavan discuss Suresh's talk 'A sceptical look at the use of psychedelic drugs in medicine'. While there is significant interest in the use of psychedelics as medicines in psychiatry the evidence base has a number of limitations and these are delved into in this discussion. Interested listeners can read in more detail: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00048674221081763?journalCode=anpa https://w...

The History of Psychiatry Part 3: A History of Anti-Psychiatry in the 20th Century

May 04, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

This episode is the final episode in a 3-part series on the History of Psychiatry. In this particular episode Dr. Kaplan speaks about the notable names in the movement of Anti-Psychiatry during the 20th Century. Dr Robert M. Kaplan, MBChB FRANZCP MA MPhil, is a Forensic psychiatrist, lecturer and speaker with positions at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Wollongong University. His fields of expertise are sleep and pain disorders, neuropsychiatry and psycholog...

Rollout of the Integrated Primary MH&A programme

April 27, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MB

This podcast tracks the 20 years of learning and programme development of a psychiatrist working in primary care, culminating in development, piloting, and evaluation of an “Integrated Primary MH&A programme”. The programme integrates three new roles (a mental health clinician, a health coach, and access to NGO peer/community support) into primary care teams, seeing people on the day they present, and allowing patients’ holistic wellbeing needs to be better met. Based on evaluation finding...

The History of Psychiatry Part 2: The Trials and Discoveries of the 20th Century

April 20, 2023 14:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

This episode is the second in a series on the History of Psychiatry. In this particular episode Dr. Kaplan explores the development of different drugs, methodology, and diagnoses that were discovered, researched, and applied from World War 1 to the 1980's. Dr Robert M. Kaplan, MBChB FRANZCP MA MPhil, is a Forensic psychiatrist, lecturer and speaker with positions at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Wollongong University. His fields of expertise are sleep and ...

Whakaronongo ki nga whakaaro nui o nga kaumātua (listening to the wisdom of ones elders)

April 13, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

In this Episode Dr Rees Tapsell (Māori fellow) interviews Ms Moe Milne and Mr Ron Baker (Māori cultural elders and advisors for the RANZCP) to get their insights into a range of issues related to Māori mental health. In addition to being recognised cultural experts both Moe and Ron have nursing training and are deeply ensconced within the Maori world. They bring decades of experience to bear as they discuss issues from Colonisation and its effects non-Maori through to Māori models of care ...

The History of Psychiatry Part 1: Early human to the 20th Century

April 06, 2023 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB

This podcast is a brief summary of the History of Psychiatry from as early as hunter gatherer societies to the beginning of the first World War. Dr Robert M. Kaplan, MBChB FRANZCP MA MPhil, is a Forensic psychiatrist, lecturer and speaker with positions at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and Wollongong University. His fields of expertise are sleep and pain disorders, neuropsychiatry and psychological aspects of physical disorders. He also holds the distinguished...

Child Psychiatry in the Bush

March 30, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MB

This episode of Psych Matters includes 4 child psychiatrists who have or are currently working in regional, rural or remote locations across Australia. Child and adolescent psychiatry is an important subspecialty within psychiatry and the distribution of child psychiatrists in Australia and New Zealand is disproportionately within metropolitan settings. Working in rural and remote settings brings with it unique challenges, beyond just the tyranny of distance. We here from our 4 experts as to...

Tuakana-Teina: Reflections on Psychiatric Training

March 16, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

In this episode of Psych Matters, Dr Rees Tapsell, a Māori fellow of the RANZCP interviews Dr Rātahi Bell, a senior registrar in forensic specialty training about the specific challenges and opportunities that come with training as a Maori psychiatric registrar in New Zealand. They discuss the importance of dual competence (being able to walk equally in both the Māori and Psychiatric worlds) in working in New Zealand and the value that bringing an integrated approach can have in the assessm...

On the Rural Pathway: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health

March 02, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

This episode will explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health training experiences and consideration of indigenous values, lifestyles, aspirations, family and differing needs and capacities of Indigenous people in diverse, complex economic and social circumstances. Through the firsthand stories of current trainees on their rural pathways to Fellowship, they share their experience of what are culturally appropriate mental health and social and emotional wellbeing and services ...

On the Rural Pathway: A Case Study

February 16, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

This episode from the series In Conversation: on the rural pathway to Fellowship explores the holistic nature of care by examining the firsthand stories of trainees and their approach to cases in rural settings. The podcast seeks to explore trainees dealing with cases in rural everyday circumstances and how these cases impacted their training experience. This podcast series was made possible by funding from the Australian Government through the Specialist Training Program. The Specialist Tr...

On the Rural Pathway: Aspirations for Rural Psychiatry

February 02, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

Considering a career as a Private rural psychiatrist but not sure about the pathway? A/Prof. Mathew Coleman explores the practicalities with Fellows working in rural private practice, to answer many common queries. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has received Australian Government funding under the Specialist Training Program to deliver this activity. Associate Professor Mathew Coleman is a consultant psychiatrist with the WA Country Health Service, Clinical ...

On the Rural Pathway: Rural Training Journey

January 19, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

Want to find out more about the rural training journey? This is the podcast to listen to! Doctors David Townsend, Skye Kinder, Nicholas Faint and Phoebe Thornton share the real stories of their rural psychiatry training journeys. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has received Australian Government funding under the Specialist Training Program to deliver this activity. Dr David Townsend is a stage two psychiatry registrar currently working with the WA Country H...

On the Rural Pathway: City Experience vs Rural Experience in Training

January 05, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Are you considering a move to a rural community for your psychiatry training? This is the first podcast of a series of five; In Conversation: On the Rural Pathway to RANZCP Fellowship. Host Dr David Townsend speaks with psychiatrists-in-training sharing firsthand experience of living and working in a rural community. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has received Australian Government funding under the Specialist Training Program to deliver this activity. Dr Da...

End of Year Message 2022

December 22, 2022 13:00 - 57 seconds - 729 KB

As 2022 draws to a close, the Psych Matters team: David, Jo-Rose, and Nishta, would like to thank you for your support during the year. We hope that you’ve enjoyed the many topics presented during 2022, and we look forward to bringing many more to you in 2023. We would especially like to thank College members and others who have generously given their time to develop and present Psych Matters. We’ll be back on the 6th of January with the next episode of Psych Matters. Feedback: If you ...

Effective Feedback in Clinical Supervision

December 08, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

This podcast explores the current evidence guiding how feedback can be most effectively delivered in clinical supervision. Supervision is a central feature of the RANZCP training program. While supervision is valued by trainees, they often discuss the desire for more feedback from their supervisors. Supervisors can struggle to provide feedback in busy clinical settings, and it is not always easy to deliver effective feedback. Today’s panel will explore why feedback is important, why supervis...

First Nations Psychiatry with Professor Helen Milroy

November 24, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

In this episode of Psych Matters we hear about the ongoing journey of Australia’s first Indigenous doctor, Professor Helen Milroy, including the central importance of cultural competence for understanding and engaging with patients of all backgrounds. Professor Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Professor of Psychiatry and Chair in Child Mental Health at The University of Western Australia Medical School, and a Commissioner with the Nation...

Advances in dementia research, diagnosis, treatment and care

November 10, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

In this episode of Psych Matters Professor Henry Brodaty explains recent advances in dementia research, diagnosis, treatment, and care. He presented this topic at the RANZCP Congress 2022 in Sydney, Australia and discusses many of the important points made during the presentation. Professor Henry Brodaty is a researcher, clinician, policy advisor and strong advocate for people with dementia and their carers. At UNSW Sydney, he is Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health and Co-Direct...

Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry: Tales from the edge

October 27, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

Want to find out more about current developments and approaches in adolescent forensic psychiatry in Australia and NZ? This is the podcast to listen to! Hear from adolescent forensic psychiatrists at the coal face who bring diverse updates in this field for psychiatrists and trainees alike. Associate Professor John Kasinathan MBBS (Hons I; Syd), M.Psychiatry, FRANZCP, Cert. Forensic Psych., M.FMH (UNSW), Cert. Child Adol. Psych. Consultant Forensic, Child, Adolescent and Generalist Psychia...

Women in Psychiatry: in conversation with Associate Professor Carolyn Quadrio

October 13, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Women in Psychiatry is a special interest group made up of women psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees. The mission of women in psychiatry is to support the needs of women psychiatrists and trainees through education, advocacy and support. Women in psychiatry have been involved in advocating for gender equity & safe, flexible workplaces, raising awareness regarding gender issues in psychiatry and advocating for the mental health of women psychiatrists and trainees. They have held a number of...

From Zoology to Psychiatry, via Cancer

September 29, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Dr Ben Bravery started life as a zoologist, working to save animals from extinction across the globe. Though at 28-years-old, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and confronted with the prospect of his own destruction. Ben’s journey from scientist to cancer patient, and now to psychiatry trainee is documented in his memoir The Patient Doctor. On the topics of compassion, system design, and medical education, Ben speaks with the conviction of someone who has lived on both sides of the doctor p...

Should I stay or should I go – crossroads and career choices with family

September 15, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB

In this episode hosted by the Gender Equity Working Group of the RANZCP, Dr Carol Silberberg and Associate Professor Samantha Loi discuss the challenges involved in balancing leadership roles with family commitments and provide their own experiences and advice about how to tackle these. Dr Andrew Amos is a Representative of the RANZCP’s Gender Equity Working Group. Associate Professor Samantha Loi is a neuropsychiatrist, old age psychiatrist, principal research fellow at the University of...

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