Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1177/10398562251335518
Luke S-C Woon, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Steve Kisely, Paul Maguire, William Pring, Rebecca Reay, Jeffrey Cl Looi
{"title":"Comparing the trends of MBS telepsychiatry and consultant physician telehealth services from 2017 to 2022: A retrospective study-CORRIGENDUM.","authors":"Luke S-C Woon, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Steve Kisely, Paul Maguire, William Pring, Rebecca Reay, Jeffrey Cl Looi","doi":"10.1177/10398562251335518","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562251335518","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"579-580"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12138134/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143953336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1177/10398562241306647
Natalie Seiler, Benjamin Ziegeler, Mikayla Stukel, Karen Gwee
{"title":"Demographic and clinical characteristics of rural, regional, and metropolitan inpatients during psychiatric inpatient eating disorders treatment.","authors":"Natalie Seiler, Benjamin Ziegeler, Mikayla Stukel, Karen Gwee","doi":"10.1177/10398562241306647","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562241306647","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveEating disorders were previously considered less common in rural/regional areas. However, emerging research suggests that eating disorders may be more prevalent in these populations than initially recognized. We aimed to describe demographic/clinical characteristics of metropolitan compared to rural/regional inpatients during psychiatric inpatient eating disorder treatment at the Eating Disorders Unit (EDU), Austin Health in Melbourne, Australia.MethodsRetrospective review of patient files was undertaken for inpatients aged 18-65 years who resided within the Body Image & Eating Disorders Treatment & Recovery Service (BETRS) catchment area and were admitted to EDU between 01/01/21 and 30/10/23.ResultsRegional/rural patients were on average 2.7 years older and first diagnosed 3.5 years later compared to metropolitan inpatients. These groups showed otherwise similar characteristics in relation to psychiatric/medical history.ConclusionAvailable and accessible speciality eating disorders services in rural and regional areas are needed for early detection, prevention, and multidisciplinary management.</p>","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"519-524"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142784022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1177/10398562241303287
Leanne Payne, Carla Meurk, Elissa Waterson, Ed Heffernan
{"title":"Police Communications Centre Mental Health Liaison Service: Enhancing outcomes for people in mental health crisis.","authors":"Leanne Payne, Carla Meurk, Elissa Waterson, Ed Heffernan","doi":"10.1177/10398562241303287","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562241303287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveTo describe the Police Communication Centre Mental Health Liaison Service (PCC MHLS), a novel mental health service embedded in a Queensland Police Service (QPS) communication centre which provides real-time information and advice to police as first responders to people in mental health crisis.MethodsA retrospective analysis of referrals received from 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023 was conducted. Descriptive statistics were calculated for consumer and service episode characteristics and reported outcomes.ResultsThe service received 3549 referrals with a daily mean of 9.97. Mean age at referral was 38.11 years (<i>SD</i> 15.86, range 6-102), and most consumers were male (60.4%). 41 percent did not have a current or historic psychiatric diagnosis and 28.1% were open to the public mental health service. The most reported presenting problem was suicide/self-harm (45.2%). An Emergency Examination Authority was enacted in 28.3% of cases, and 20.9% of consumers were referred to mental health services.ConclusionResults suggest some consumers may be experiencing psychological distress rather than diagnosed mental illness. The PCC MHLS connects consumers with the most appropriate services beyond hospital emergency departments and provides a novel and effective mechanism for real-time support for first responses to people in mental health crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"539-545"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142999034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-16DOI: 10.1177/10398562251319921
Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Steve Kisely, Hayden Cornell, Jeffrey Cl Looi
{"title":"Psychiatrists should champion the care of those with severe mental illnesses experiencing climate change-related heat stress.","authors":"Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Steve Kisely, Hayden Cornell, Jeffrey Cl Looi","doi":"10.1177/10398562251319921","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562251319921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveThe Australian climate has warmed by 1.51°C since preindustrial times, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) predicts further warming with an increased risk of extreme heat events. This article discusses how the most recent Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' (RANZCP) position statement dealt with the impact of climate change-related heat stress on people living with severe mental illness.ConclusionsThe RANZCP statement focuses on the impact of climate change on common mental disorders and suicide rates without specific mention of severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe major depression. However, people with severe mental illness face higher risks of morbidity and mortality in a hotter Australian climate. Based on equity for those with greater needs and higher levels of risk, we argue that psychiatrists should advocate for enhanced social and psychiatric care to improve heat-resilience amongst patients with severe mental illness. Future research is needed on the biopsychosocial mechanisms of increased heat-related morbidity and mortality for people with severe mental illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"356-360"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12138139/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1177/10398562251314692
Maree Patsouras, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Amy Pennay, Paula O'Brien, Benjamin Riordan
{"title":"Recent policy recommendations won't protect young people from alcohol-related content on social media: what needs to change?","authors":"Maree Patsouras, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Amy Pennay, Paula O'Brien, Benjamin Riordan","doi":"10.1177/10398562251314692","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562251314692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> The federal Australian government has introduced legislation to require social media platforms to restrict access to their platforms for young people under 16 years of age. Amongst the conversations about protecting the health and wellbeing of young people, we have yet to see discussion on the impact of alcohol imagery as a pervasive 'unhealthy' industry on social media. This is problematic because young people consume a large amount of social media content and are exposed to glamorised alcohol depictions and targeted advertising.<b>Conclusions:</b> According to current regulations, the sponsoring of social media posts by alcohol companies should be declared, but enforcement of these requirements is challenging and most alcohol posts (whether sponsored or not) tend to glorify alcohol use. Better regulation, but not necessarily a social media ban, is needed to protect young viewers from pervasive alcohol exposure on social media.</p>","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"333-335"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12138131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142998957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1177/10398562251325396
J D Little, M Burt, C Sanderson
{"title":"Failures in care - The value we place on being human - Part 2.","authors":"J D Little, M Burt, C Sanderson","doi":"10.1177/10398562251325396","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562251325396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveTo consider whether institutional abuse could recur and how that risk may be reduced.ConclusionsVulnerable populations are likely to remain at risk unless failures in care, and the subsequent abuse, are recognised. Some suggestions are made including an open organisation where the status quo is contested and innovation welcomed. To speak up individually is frightening, unless supported by a shared culture that agrees to do so.</p>","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"345-347"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Australasian PsychiatryPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-12-13DOI: 10.1177/10398562241306687
Qiong Wang
{"title":"High parental self-efficacy and young adults' reduced emotion dysregulation: A moderated mediating analysis from China.","authors":"Qiong Wang","doi":"10.1177/10398562241306687","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10398562241306687","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PurposeEmotion dysregulation in young adults has become an important issue in the literature. By building a moderated mediating model, this study tested the underlying mechanism of young adults' emotion dysregulation by examining the indirect effect of parental self-efficacy (PSE) on family cohesion and the moderating effect of parents' affective involvement.MethodsTwo complementary approaches were adopted to validate our hypotheses using three-stage longitudinal data from 537 Chinese families.FindingsPSE significantly affected young adults' emotion dysregulation and that family cohesion mediated the relationship between PSE and young adults' emotion dysregulation. Moreover, parents' affective involvement moderated this indirect relationship.ConclusionsParental and family factors play important roles in addressing young adults' emotion dysregulation. Our findings provide empirical evidence of the effects of family atmosphere and affective support by elucidating the mediating and moderating roles of family cohesion and affective involvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":8630,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"433-439"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}