Medical education in psychiatry and addiction medicine: pandemic education as usual or the new normal?
Published in Australasian Psychiatry
COVID-19 vaccination clinics within community mental health services: Strategies to boost uptake
Published in Australasian Psychiatry
What should psychiatrists advise their patients regarding COVID-19 protective measures and vaccination?
Published in Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
A curious case of COVID-19: A novel cause of psychosis
Published in Australasian Psychiatry
The impact of COVID-19 on benzodiazepine usage in psychiatric inpatient units.
Published in Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
This study aims to investigate whether COVID-19 has led to increased usage of benzodiazepines in acute psychiatric settings. We evaluated the rates of benzodiazepine usage in two acute psychiatric inpatient units over a period of two years, 2019 and 2020 (the year of the pandemic). Rates of oral atorvastatin usage over the same period were used as ...
Recommendations for psychiatrists regarding better access during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Australasian Psychiatry
Rapid review and commentary on the clinical implications of the population mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pa...
Published in Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
To provide a rapid clinical review and commentary for psychiatrists on the population mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, including evidence-based findings and interventions. Whilst there was evidence of collective psychological resilience during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, younger women, carers for tho...
Telepsychiatry and face-to-face psychiatric consultations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: p...
Published in Australasian Psychiatry
Objective: The Australian federal government introduced additional Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth-items to facilitate care by private psychiatrists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: We analysed private psychiatrists’ uptake of video and telephone-telehealth, as well as total (telehealth and face-to-face) consultations for April 202...
Audit of acute psychiatric presentations during New Zealand's first COVID-19 national lockdown.
Published in Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
In this study, we aimed to identify service user demographic and clinical characteristics of an acute mental health service in South Auckland during the first New Zealand coronavirus-related lockdown. We conducted a clinical audit of a sample of service users presenting to a district health board's acute adult mental health service during New Zeala...
Demographic and clinical factors associated with psychiatric inpatient admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Australasian Psychiatry
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a major mental health impact. We aimed to identify demographic or clinical factors associated with psychiatric admissions where COVID-19 was attributed to contribute to mental state, compared to admissions which did not. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was undertaken of inpatients admitted to Norther...
