MATTERS OF THE MIND – a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental disorders, the DSM, and the controversy surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition. There’s an old saying that psychology…
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Welcome to Matters of the Mind, a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental disorders, the DSM, and the controversy surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition. The Diagnostic and…
Welcome to Matters of the Mind, a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental disorders, the DSM, and the controversy surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition. You’re feeling down…
OVER-DIAGNOSIS EPIDEMIC – Today, Rae Thomas looks at the growing prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Does your five-year-old have difficulty sustaining attention? What about organising…
Alan Chambers, president of the world’s largest “ex-gay” organisation, Exodus International, recently renounced the group’s long-held position that homosexuality can be “cured” – that gay people can become…
The DSM giveth, and the DSM taketh away - this is the less-than-complimentary sentiment of many people within the autism community as the clock ticks down to the publication of the most eagerly-anticipated…
Mental health disorders have a major impact on our ability to function in the home and at work. A third of the population will experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime, and a fifth will experience…
A controversy is brewing on the website Psychology Today and subsequently in The Australian newspaper. At the heart of the issue is US psychiatrist Dr Allen Frances’ comments on the Australian Federal…
Parents often breathe a sigh of relief when their child takes his first step, speaks her first word, and can spontaneously read his mother’s facial expression. For children with autism, they might take…
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Xidian University
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Director of Psychological Services, Black Dog Institute; Associate Professor, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Practice, Michigan State University
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Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Duke University
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Professor, School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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Research Assistant, South Western Sydney Local Health District
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Clinical Senior Lecturer: Lead for Primary Care Education, Aston University
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Senior lecturer, Victoria University
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Professor of Psychological Medicine, King's College London
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Professor of Women's Health Psychology, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University