mental health
Clinical tips: anxiety
Louis Roller takes a look at the different types and levels of anxiety, and how pharmacists can help Anxiety is a normal and necessary human emotion that helps us avoid …
The week in review
Some key final reports were issued this week, and more COVID-19 news In COVID-19 news, the TGA said it is set to start publishing weekly reports on adverse events related …
Demand for psychedelics on the up
People are using drugs such as LSD, MDMA and psilocybin to self treat mental distress, with one pharmacist hoping they will be dispensed as medicines in the near future Results …
Over-reliance on medication, but pharmacy is ready
The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System has outlined an “ambitious reform agenda” to redesign Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing system Welcomed by the Victorian …
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Exposure to traumatic events commonly results in a degree of psychological distress. In most instances psychological symptoms of distress settle down in the days to weeks following the event. However, …
What it’s like to be a PSS Volunteer
What’s it like to volunteer for the Pharmacist Support Service? A pharmacist describes the experience of helping your peers needing support Training to be a PSS volunteer is not only …
Clinical tips: antidepressants
Louis Roller takes a look at antidepressants available in Australia Depression is part of a group of conditions known as mood disorders (which may include elevation or depression of mood). …
Delirium and deprescribing
Despite being a common condition, delirium is poorly recognised, and cases are often missed. As medications are one of the most common causes of delirium, pharmacists and general practitioners have …
Will Australia legalise ecstasy and magic mushrooms to treat mental illness?
Here’s why it’s still too soon, write Stephen Bright, from Edith Cowan University and Martin Williams, from Monash University While the public focus remains on COVID vaccines, the Therapeutic Goods …
Stress test
The stress of COVID has seen a spike in people seeking help with mental health issues, while calls to the Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) reveal anxiety levels among pharmacists themselves …
World news wrapup: 3 December 2020
Pharmacist sentenced to death over wife’s murder; UK examines COVID’s impact on the profession’s mental health; Scottish pharmacy workers to get COVID payment Kuching, Malaysia: Pharmacist Wong Zing Haw has …
‘Clear correlation’ between lockdown, mental health
The incidence of colds and flu has dropped significantly in 2020, while mental health concerns are on the rise, new data shows Roy Morgan has interviewed more than 5,000 Australians …